I think people enjoy finding out something genuinely new.

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.

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

I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word "lavish" and everything being magnificent.

The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up touching the bigger universal truths.

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.

I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures.