Liverpool will always be my home.

Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming.

You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person.

I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.

I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again.

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

I think I’m quite a lazy person, actually. If I’m not careful, I could just stay in bed all day.