I had a non-existent knowledge of Queen Victoria's early years. Like everyone else, I thought of her as an old lady dressed in black. My mom had told me about her, though, that she had a very loving relationship with Albert, that they had lots of kids, and that he died young.

I appreciate a slow-burn romance. In most movies, everyone is just tearing their clothes off in the first scene.

It just proves good movies don't need 100 million dollars to be good.

Why should you have to atone for making big movies?

I find it quite hard to sum up my relationship in a sound bite. I feel that it trivializes it for other people's pleasure. It's an adventure.