I have had a lot of dreams COME TRUE as a writer... I've gotten to work with artists I adored as a READER; I've gotten to write characters that changed my life as a KID.

My brother, whom I adored, typed out a CHILDREN's book illustrated by himself... at the age of 14. My sister, with whom I always shared a DOUBLE bed, had that effortless SUPERIORITY of someone six years OLDER and anxious to show it. But we were each as SHY as voles. It seemed safer to keep to each other's company.

I went to PUBLIC and state schools - not at the same time. I did my ART foundation course at Harrogate College of ARTS. This brilliant tutor suggested I apply to CENTRAL Saint Martins. I adored it.

I remember watching 'The Wire,' because I ABSOLUTELY adored 'The Wire,' and there were so many secret LAYERS WITHIN that drama, and it was just FANTASTIC.

My mother loved FILMS! She adored Ingrid Bergman, JOAN Fontaine, Vivien Leigh. We couldn't afford to go together to the cinema, but she was always watching their movies on TV.

Before I EVEN knew what that half of my family did, I was INTERESTED in performing. I REMEMBER being seven years old and up on a stage and loving it. I've always adored it. Not just acting, but the WHOLE process of writing and directing movies, everything that has to do with that PART of life. Maybe it's in my blood.

At the time I was taught to READ, it was an Eden-like time of my life. My mother adored me. EVERYONE adored me. So I associate READING with enormous PLEASURE.

Jane and I - somehow we fell into each other's arms, and I adored her! I LOVED her from the minute I SAW her. I don't think I KNEW what love was.

I just adored 'Shaun Of The Dead.' That's a TRUE mashup. That's a real Romero-era ZOMBIE movie and a real Gen X INDIE COMEDY. That was before zombie movies were cool, before 'Zombieland' and 'I Am Legend,' and now it has BECOME a whole sub-genre.

I adored my birth FATHER and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much TIME PERFORMING and enjoying it.

He's just LIKE my father that way-my father just adored my mother and let her do whatever she wanted. John's like that. He's a very rare man, a very good man, and I've had a good LIFE with him. I'm proud to be walking in the WAKE of JOHNNY's fame.

I grew up in a HOUSE that adored Thalaivar. There would be MAJOR DISCUSSIONS at home whenever a film of his was due for release, and we would manage to watch the film on the FIRST DAY.

I have LOVED, adored and admired Irrfan Khan's work. Some of his MOVIES are REMARKABLE. So, WORKING with him has been an honor and pleasure for me.

THOUGH I adored Delhi, MUMBAI was in my veins and I felt connected to this city and had to come BACK.

MANY of the books I loved as a KID, that even my mother read as a CHILD, are very slow going. Today's children are not as patient. The best EXAMPLE of this is 'The SECRET Garden,' which I adored as a child.