The writing is the springboard for your intuitive stuff and then you see, maybe a colour of what you want to achieve. Then you bring in the technique you've learnt. But when you're on film, you're not always in control of that. That's what makes me believe in a kind of collective unconscious, a sort of experience you draw on.

My roots are still in Britain, that's where I live, that's the place where I come from.

Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there you go.

It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things.

If somebody says, "Oh, we're going to improvise!," I'm like, Oh, get me out of here.

I hope that you walk around the corner and you get very surprised.

You can have a laugh in Los Angeles, or you can weep in Los Angeles, depending on your attitude towards it.