Normally, in a film with lots of twists and turns, half of them don't make sense; they're just there for their own sakes.

My mum and my dad have really good taste in movies. My gran would tape them off the TV and write notes about them, rating them.

Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.

When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.

I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it.