I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come.

I'm the son of highly functioning parents who I'm incredibly lucky to have.

I would say L.A. is more polite than London - it's a very careful place. People talk a lot in code.

I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.

I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending.

I began to think that if you're a stutterer, it's about inhabiting silence, emptiness, and nothingness.

Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.