I believe in the strength and intelligence and sensitivity of women. My mother, my sisters [they] are strong. My mum is a strong woman and I love her for it.

You can’t really legislate for the decisions that your heart makes.

I fundamentally believe that in the moral balance of the human race, we right ourselves. If we feel like the ship's keel is off, we find a way to steer ourselves through the storm repeatedly.

Somehow the past is a safe place to explore our collective cultural neuroses.

I've always loved King Kong. He's like a modern-day myth, an icon of the cinema.

I think we all see ourselves as the heroes in our own lives.

I've done my share of period stuff. I'm not sure why, but people say I have a period face. The bread and butter of British TV is Jane Austen adaptations and bridges and bonnets and boats and horses.