Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies.

It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing making movies.

The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies.

And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in it's a great compliment.

I had a daughter who was 9 years old and I had the feeling I wasn't going to be a real parent if I didn't quit making movies for a while and spend time with her. I also felt that I'd made enough movies and said what I had to say at the time.

I loved old black and white movies especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs the music the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world.

I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant.

I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.

I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my movies.

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role.

I couldn't survive just doing independent movies. And I'd rather do modelling than movies or TV I didn't like.

There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made and if they haven't grossed a certain amount then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but you know my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac ' and that didn't perform that well.

I just love movies.

I like making movies for myself and my friends and people with my sensibility.

People wrestle sometimes making movies and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies.

I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film.

Yeah I mean the material directors the other cast and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and go from there. I am looking forward to doing some smaller movies.

I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.

When we shoot 24 there are so many things I have to worry about from the script to technical things to my performance that I don't have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season which is like making 12 movies.

I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema in that moment I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin.

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

I mean I kind of remember... I'm 36 now so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25 or 24 but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was by the music I listened to and the movies I went to.

I've never really broken this down before but in movies you almost have no connection to fans. And if you do TV you're kind of connected but they know you as the TV name not your real name. If you do radio there's more of a bond there. And then if you do a podcast it's like you're literally inside of your fans.

I like four-hour movies.