I watched films growing up, but no more than the next guy, really. Working on 'Hugo' made me appreciate cinema and the art of cinema a lot more.

I don't like to set myself goals because then you might fail to reach them. I just go with the flow.

For me, not just the character of 'Ender', but the whole world is so beautifully crafted in the novel that I wasn't sure how it could be brought to the screen - but Gavin has done it justice, and he's done it amazingly.

I think having a character piece is great. It will challenge you and be different.

Neuroscience is now a very important research area in biology. We are now understanding a lot more about brains in babies, as well as children and adults.

I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic.

The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on the earth.

Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training.