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I think musicals can be more than what people imagine. That'll be the case with 'Matilda.' It's such a clever thing to stage. Parents would have read this when they were young and will want to share it with their children because they have such a fondness for the source.

I feel that I speak the musical language.

I think music is another language.

I love Monty Python, Black Adder, Fawlty Towers. I'm a huge fan of British comedy.

'Fawlty Towers' was a huge influence on me. I mean, it was so slapstick, too. 'Are You Being Served?' was on 15 times a day, it seemed like, and I loved it.

The pull between sound and syntax creates a kind of musical tension in the language that interests me.

I love the musicality of English. French sounds flat. In English, you can play with pitch.

For me, cinema's like a language - everyone has their own form of it.

I grew up in a house where language was appreciated and cared about. I'm sure that, although I wasn't aware of it at the time, it must have made an impression on me.