I like simplicity. To me, this is very, very important, whether I am dealing with science or dealing with people.

I just like to get to the start line knowing there was nothing else I could have done, that there wasn't a single session I didn't give 100 per cent. The physical certainty means you can relax mentally and let the performance come.

When I have a lot of pain, I try to confuse my mind to forget about the pain and think about the distance. I don't want pain to be in my mind, because I'd really lose focus on running. After winning, you won't have that pain, but it comes later. The marathon is hard; the second day, you don't go up or down stairs.

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: if it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

They wanted it for its artistic value. I found that deeply moving.

In the series I’ve got massive slabs of dialogue so I had to understand the scientific principles involved and then fake it to credibility.

When Adèle walked down the road at the end of the film Blue Is The Warmest Colour.

He was vulnerable to all the sorts of contradictions that every human can be subject to.

But, tough, I have fallen…flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off.

The constant touchstone for me has been the Lecoq school and the mask work and clowning in Queensland