I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in every way.

I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.

I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere.

You look at any war zone and you talk to any soldiers and they have to blank out - in order for that to work for them, in order for them to survive they have to blank out something in themselves in order to do it.

Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic.

In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity.

Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance.