What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.

I'm a big believer that life changes as much as you want it to.

It's a bit like a fledgeling duck, finding your flippers.

True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

I hope I inspire children to make films.

Benedict (Cumberbatch, who is playing Sherlock) looks amazing. He's still got a Sherlockian silhouette, with a large overcoat, but in a classic cut. Watson dresses with an urban elegance, a touch of old school dashing, giving a feeling of both the military and medical profession. I suppose it's something they have in common as well. They're a bit metrosexual.

I hate the fact that so much of our life is computerised rather than mechanised.