When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.

Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?

I have long been a supporter of The Princes Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch Amex Be Inspired and help young people build their confidence and fulfil their potential, I was delighted to get involved.

Studios and networks who ignore either shift - whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement - will be left behind.

I terribly miss - we all miss, I think - somebody like the great producer Irving Thalberg. He had a foot in both camps: He understood us creative people. And he understood the money people.

There's something very interesting about the way each individual actor approaches stuff.

We have to start listening to nature now.