It's great to be on a set where there's time and there's focus and there's also a kind of adrenaline thrill on a set where people are saying: "We have to get this shot, we've have to go, we've got to move on!"

When I first filmed things, they were always slightly awkward.

Ridicule is also a weapon against forces of evil. Really clever, intelligent ridicule.

I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that.

It's great to be on a set where there's time and there's focus and there's also a kind of adrenaline thrill on a set where people are saying: "We have to get this shot, we've have to go, we've got to move on!"

The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.

You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.