I'm not an extravagant man. The fact that I can have a coffee out whenever I want still makes me feel grateful.

A little showbiz never hurt anyone.

I can't imagine I'll be the new George Clooney. That's not really in the cards.

I love people where, at the end of the day, they'll pick up a paintbrush and paint clouds. They can physically make things.

It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat.

One of the problems with episodic television of any color is that everything has got to be okay at the end of the episode so it can start again next week. So the events that occur are rarely life-changing. But with film, you can say that this thing only happened once; this is a major thing that happened to these people.

I'd say, don't listen to what anyone says: you're good. Go put your anorak on. Get your thick bottle-top specs. Draw your little cartoons and your comics and keep writing to the BBC.