I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that the first thing I do in the morning is go over to the trailers and discuss exactly what we're shooting that day. It's time-consuming but it reduces the chances of 'misunderstandings' on set.

Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England.

I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently.

A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.

Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.

There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance.

All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours.