I prefer sneaking in the back door.

The question I ask myself is: have I really just become a squeamish middle-aged man, or has something happened to the horror genre that shows a growing appetite for watching torture, or at least a desire to explore it on film? And if so, why would that be? I can't pretend I know. I just know I don't like it.

I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun.

They are called 'Emos' now, and before that they were 'Goths.' They didn't have a name for it when I was one, but I was that black-wearing teenager and yes, I wore a little eyeliner.

Some facts in life are immutable. One is, trust no-one who uses the word 'trope'.

At school I briefly wanted to be a palaeontologist, but I was no good at chemistry and physics.

I'm terribly nostalgic, but I'm with the Elizabethans who thought nostalgia was a disease. It's a dangerous place to be because you can get caught up in it.