All films speak to their times. It becomes obvious only after.
I love the Shakespeare history plays, I love the struggle for the crown as a plot.
I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits.
I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.
That's what makes characters interesting. If Sherlock [Holmes] had started out being a straightforward man, we wouldn't be talking about him now. If he became one, that would be interesting. But you have to give him somewhere to go, as [Conan] Doyle did.
If not exactly raging against the dying of the light, I was at least a little cross with it.