I don't go for safe options. Romantically, I go for people who are a pain in the ass.

I guess I was about 15. I wore glasses at the time, and I remember [first girlfriend] sitting on the floor at a party, one of those school parties where everyone is getting off with each other. I remember her taking my glasses off and saying something very complimentary about my eyes or whatever, and I was just so pissed off because I was convinced she was taking the piss out of me.

Satire is used for political purposes all the time, but obviously there's a time and a place. I think in the current climate, it can be very difficult to speak your mind, but sometimes, I believe, we're all in danger and I think this discussion needs to be widened.

I'm perfectly happy to admit that insecurity. It doesn't bother me. It's there, just the same as the color of my eyes is there. I'm never going to get rid of it. I'm not going to wake up one morning and really like the way I look, but as long as other people like the way I look, that's fine.

I also think I could probably repeat the commercial success; whether I want to or not is a different matter. I think there is still better work inside me.

Teacher, there are things that I don't want to learn.

For a while I took Ecstacy when it was not very available over here. I took it simply because it made me feel that everything was wonderful.