China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon.

My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything.

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 media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.

I hate science fiction.