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

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.

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.

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

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

Actors enjoy being treated as ordinary people.

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