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.

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.

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 will always be my home.

I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.

'Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.

I like to act because I can forget about everything else.