Obviously, when you make a bigger-budget movie, the more well-known the faces are, the happier the financiers are.

Some Japanese actresses didn't even want to audition, because they couldn't speak English and were too afraid to try to take it on.

To us, it never seemed like, 'Oh my gosh, it's all-Asian, what are we going to do?,' even though obviously it's a practical thought that eventually you face.

Globalisation means that for a high-wage, developed economy like Britain's to compete we need to focus our efforts on the highly skilled, added-value sectors such as advanced manufacturing, creative industries, engineering and even financial services.

I wonder whether being a scientist's daughter makes you so conflicted about free will and fate.

The norm has been that as housing ages, it's occupied by lower-income people. That's not so anymore.