I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded.

I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.

I've never done a film before where every single person in the audience knows the ending. I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days. People are blogging your endings from their cinema seats.

I always say to anybody who's going over to America for the first time, 'Whatever you do, go and see a popular mainstream film with a big audience.' Because people shout out. You never get that in Britain. Everybody's so quiet, scared to laugh. It's like being in church.

I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.