I am drawn to writing and directing as it is most like the feeling I had when I was a teenager with my puppet theatre. You are more in control of everything and involved in every aspect of production, so more challenged and fulfilled.

Always have an answer - even if you change your mind five minutes later.

I like fixing things.

It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this great big feast, slap bang in the middle of winter, is an essential thing to look forward to at the end of the year.

I would still like to go to the moon before I die.

You feel your game's raised by working with the best people.

If you're doing well, you're a target, nobody's interested in you except how you can be of use to them.