I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the same old stuff. And that includes me.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

After Kidulthood, I was called in to a meeting and told that I didn't write women very well. I was very annoyed.

I don't like doing things that are too easy.

People can criticise me all day long. It just washes off me. You might as well be talking to a wall.

I asked my media teacher, "You can make films out of sequence?" and he was like "Yeah! You can do whatever you want." I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like "Stop moaning and write something."

I can't always be making "British films". Why should we be making films about corsets and horses and girls learning to drive when Americans send over an event movie and make five or 10 million?