I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work.

I love new writing, new blood, modern works by unknown writers.

Conditioning can be not a big heavy thing. (For instance:) I've got a brand new pair of shoes, by mistake you step on it and you make them muddy and dirty, I'm conditioned to go "Hey, what are you doing?" That's my conditioning, I have a response. So, maybe we have to learn to find the pause before we react, because reaction is our conditioning.

You know what? Joy is the only guide. I'm going to have fun regardless.

There is a bit of me if I'm pushed in one way I might bounce back and go the opposite.

I read as much as I could, but really just spoke to Chris Chibnall and asked all the pertinent questions. That made me feel like we weren't going to do an off-the-peg Camelot, which has been touched upon in many films and TV series before. I really just picked his brain and, in doing so, I got fired up by tackling Merlin in a fresher angle.

The great thing about films is that you have access to this whole world of experts who teach you the skills your character's supposed to have.