Tom Hooper

I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come.

I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.

Actors are programmed to see the worst. If you're talking about an actor's TV series, you say, 'I loved you last night.' And they go, 'What about the week before?' They immediately worry.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.