Sometimes a script comes along that really makes you sit up and pay attention... 'Life at These Speeds' has an emotional intensity that really kicked me in the guts.

We live in a beauty-obsessed age and success sometimes appears to hinge solely on the presentation of an image that is acceptable to the press.

I fell in love at 14 and I remember that mad, tense feeling and all the mad things you do for the person - all those extremes and all the stuff you don't mind putting up with.

I got to be about 13 and everyone started playing guitars and being in rock bands. There was no place for me with my trumpet and I wasn't cool anymore. Although now if I played the trumpet it would be the coolest thing in the world.

I think we can't feed the amount of people that are on this planet the way we are doing it.

On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work.

I suppose to a certain degree. London's my favorite place on the planet and the reason for that is its fantastic diversity.