There's nobody you can't love once you know their story. I believe that to be, in the majority, true.
The papers feed the public interest but then the public interest demands more in the press and speculation can look like fact.
As if we didn't have enough fabulous actresses, it's a thrill to be joined by Wales's finest, Eve Myles. Having worked together on 'Torchwood,' it's a joy to be able to welcome her to 'Broadchurch.'
I think women were gradually becoming more independent - the feminist movement of the Sixties didn't just spring out of nowhere.
The north-west coast of America is that mixture of beauty and savagery, which I felt was very similar to the Dorset coast.
I think sometimes actors who have predominately done comedy get a little typecast by some people.
Often what happens with the writing is that you know where you want to start and you know where you want to end, but the journey is never quite what you predict because the characters take on a life on their own.
I mean, I'm always happy to be compared with Scorsese!
I'm incredibly grateful and humbled by the response 'Broadchurch' got.
If you can do something exciting and unusual, you might as well give it a go.
Normally the lightbulb moments only happen after 16-hour days, lots of cups of tea and a bit of weeping.
What I didn't want to come in with is 'Camelot' in all its pomp and glory. Instead we're looking at how you build a society, how you build a world that people believe in, and how hard it is.
We didn't want 'Camelot' to become a period drama.
There's something very interesting about world leaders promising hope and then carrying through on that.
My embarrassing confession is that my father is a 'Camelot: The Musical' obsessive. So as a child, when we were going to visit relatives on the weekend, whenever we were driving back on these three-hour drives, he would be playing the musical soundtrack on repeat, on the cassette in our car, to the extent that we begged him never to play it again.
I think you always need to take new, big risks from a storytelling point of view.
Drama is not a literal portrayal of events. It's a depiction, it's impressionistic.
Broadchurch' has always been about the impact of crime, on all those affected.
Broadchurch' has been a life-changing experience for me, but all good stories come to an end.
It's a 'Doctor Who' budget. A BBC budget, although a very good one. But you know you can't do dinosaurs endlessly for 45 minutes, so there has to be a big ‘other' story going on.
