I'm not a sci-fi lover; I wasn't from the start. So perhaps I miss that passion for other worlds, other dimensions, that sort of scope and that magnitude of storytelling; that's not my thing though I meet plenty of people whose thing it definitely is.

If you're in the so-called public eye you have to watch your P's and Q's.

I love humans; always seeing patterns in things that aren’t there.

Brighton gives me the heebie-jeebies. When I'm near the seafront I can't sleep, I can't eat.

I admire artists who are ageing and still retaining their edge.

I think you can make perfectly good television just from people who are genuinely interested, talking to people who genuinely know - simple as it sounds, it can be riveting.

The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the street. Two weeks later it all goes back to normal.