Stills life: Alastair Campbell

What film have you seen most often?
Watching for myself, it would be Lady Sings the Blues or Chariots of Fire. However, they would be run close by films my children have made me watch again and again when they were younger, with Wizard of Oz or Cheaper By the Dozen out in front Photograph: PR

What's the best film you've ever seen?
Lady Sings the Blues, Chariots of Fire, Jean de Florette or The Lives of Others Photograph: The Kobal Collection/Kobal

What's the best film you've never seen?
The one I hope is made of my novel, All in the Mind. I dreamed the other night Liam Neeson played the main part Photograph: David Levene/Guardian

What scares you?
The same things as in real life – cruelty to children, snakes, dentists, needles (think Marathon Man) Photograph: The Kobal Collection/Kobal

What angers you?
Confusing endings. State of Play is a good recent example. Really enjoyed the film but needed to go back to find out what happened Photograph: Universal/Everett /Rex Features/Rex Features

What amuses you?
Witty dialogue. Clever facial gestures. That silly Woody Allen film with Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) had lots of both Photograph: Weinstein/Everett/Rex Features/Rex Features

What excites you?
Conclusion of buildup of tension. Great moments – Milk was fabulous for the way it caught great moments in campaigns, for example. The gold medal scene in Chariots of Fire Photograph: PR

What makes you cry?
Pretty much anything. Births, deaths, marriages. I'm a sucker for father-child bonding scenes (The Full Monty, Cheaper By the Dozen, Field of Dreams). Also moments of success after huge effort (back to Chariots of Fire). Emotional stories where good emerges from bad – like Calendar Girls. Sad, funny, sad, funny Photograph: 20th Century Fox/Everett/Rex Features/Rex Features

If you were a baddie, who would you be?
Malcolm Tucker, I guess. I probably shouldn't admit this, but found myself suffering occasional moments of identification with Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men. Talk about being focused and disciplined Photograph: PR

What's the most striking landscape you've seen on film?
Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. Australia. No Country for Old Men Photograph: Allstar/20th Century Fox/Allstar Picture Library

Who do you wish you looked like?
Hugh Jackman (here in X-Men Origins: Wolverine) Photograph: PR

Who do you think you look like?
Asked my daughter. She said Big from Sex and the City. I've never seen it Photograph: PR