Well, I quite like animals, but theyre unpredictable. I mean, look at old whats-his-name in Vegas. Tiger dragged him off the stage, you know? The guy brought up tigers. Theyre quite unpredictable.

Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop.

That's the trouble with anything which essentially has a lot of bits that are physically impossible: You're left, stuck, in the studio. And that's a shame. You're making a movie. You don't want it to stay put, you want it to be a movie - to move.

I love films where the world seems to be going a bit faster and everything's a bit brighter and more in focus.

My sons the same, hes terribly funny. Its a wonderful power to have. Its also fantastically disarming. Women find it unbelievably disarming. You can say the most astonishing things if youre funny. You can tell a woman that shes irresistibly attractive, but do it in such a funny way.

I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.