Careers are what they are, they don't make any sense at all when you look back. We're not in charge of them.

I don't have a television. No. So, I don't watch anything.

Coming from a large family makes you feel protected - you have friends and allies.

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.

I never thought I'd be one of those old hams who favours theatre over everything, but I'm getting that way. Telly and film seemed more fun when I was younger; turning left on planes and washing up in nice places. But there are things that you only learn in theatre.

Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to it, and a punch.

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