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

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.

The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films.

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

I have a yearning someday to do one of these huge juggernauts.

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

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