You can't understand it until you experience the simple joy of the first time your son points at a seagull and says 'Duck!'

It's such an intimate experience, being a director, artistically. It's deep and it's satisfying and it's wonderful, on so many levels, but it's also really scary.

Once you're a parent, male or female, every single thing that happens in your life is seen through the prism of being a parent.

I have to believe I got some kind of say over our lives.

'He's the most charming man. He's the Oscar Wilde of our time. I only had one moment with him in that film and it's a great source of regret. I love spending time with him. He's always very open and effusive. His interest in you is genuine.'

I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a cheque in the right place and shutting up about it.

I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.