All pleasure should be a little bent, don't you think?

I used to go to the gym regularly and swim an awful lot, but that was when I was unemployed and knew leisure intimately.

Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset children from it. A healthy scare is as good as as a healthy laugh. In fact, they're two sides of the same coin. There is a desire to shield from the knocks and bumps of reality.

Benedict is bumbly, sweet, affable; the nicest man you've met.

[Toby Jones] is completely different. It's a completely different character. He's the darkest villain we've had. There was always something charming and engaging about Moriarty. There was something fascinating and actually amoral, rather than immoral, about Charles Augustus Magnussen. This guy is the purest evil. Sherlock [Holmes] is actually appalled by him.

All films speak to their times. It becomes obvious only after.

I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits.