Being a geek is extremely liberating

I like to work in films, but I'd love to work in the technical side of film. I'd love to work with, say, Greg Nicotero [The Walking Dead] in kind of, like, special makeup effects. I'd probably say, "Good with clay and latex." Although I don't know what kind of job that'd get me.

I defy anybody to not look cool with the guns. My granny could look cool doing that!

I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would happen if there was a zombie attack.

This idea of popular culture became something that belonged to us rather than something that we looked at from far away. We realized we could be part of it and create it, instead of just being consumers only.

I think the jokes would have been a bit broader and a bit more obvious in terms of the day-to-day of country life.

Suddenly, the world I had scrutinised for so long was all around me, as if I had leaned forward and climbed into the television like Alice through the looking-glass. I had no idea just how deep the rabbit hole would go.