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

Slightly forgettable movies can sometimes make great musicals.

Europe is so much the home of Horror, with its myths of vampires, werewolves, witchcraft and the undead, yet it's like those myths were exported to Hollywood, leaving Europe the room to develop a new tradition as a way of processing its traumas, particularly the two world wars.

Sci-fi and fantasy used to be a TV staple throughout my childhood. Then it just stopped dead. It was seen as culty, a minority interest.

I grew up with low self-esteem. I didn't think I was very pretty. I had glasses, red hair and was generally quite a spod.

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

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