"Although my family - parents and sister - all work in the personnel management business, their real passion is performing, amateur operatic societies and so on."

"We see death constantly on film."

"When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all."

"My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent."

"It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. That's just so normal."

"Dreams are like paper, they tear so easily."

"It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man."

"The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be - and when they're not, we cry."