Films about the English monarchy, they tend to have a lavishness, sumptuous imagery, it's all very posh and rich.

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.

American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture.

Thank you to my wonderful actors, the triangle of man-love which is Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and me.

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

Trans stories have now entered the mainstream in this fantastic way, but the most important thing is what follows from that is hopefully a shift in the experience of trans people - so that there's more acceptance in the culture to the issues they face and more support.

I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tell you what they feel.