Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more, believing in yourself.

You never want to be forced to do something. But the world around you starts to influence you in ways you never expected.

My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I don't know what it's like to yearn for the big city from a small town.

Realizing that other people have a problem with [homosexuality] was the weirdest thing for me. As a kid it wasn't even something that was mentioned. It was never something that was even explained to me. It was just, "That's Mark and he's gay." Mark was just another friend of my dad's who would talk about his boyfriend instead of his girlfriend. I was 5. I didn't care. It seemed perfectly normal, and still does.

I'm not too worried about humanity in the future. I think we've got an innate ability as a species to self-correct.

I'm a serial monogamist. I'm not one of those people that can date loads of people at the same time, it's all too complicated.

I think pressure is a good thing and it's good to be able to feel it and use it and experience the feeling of it and especially if you can get past it.