The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by what they can afford.

For TV you also get those pre-interviews when researchers ask you what you're going to say. The pre-interview drives me insane. If they've already decided the outcome, why don't I just hand in an essay? Maybe if we talk we'll find something out. I'd rather just have an awkward pause.

I think that's what all art is for - for people to express what it is to be human. That's the purpose of it.

I know that some filmmakers strive for a kind of naturalistic approach, but you're never going to capture something that's really natural - just the simple fact that you choose to put a frame around something means that you've already chosen one particular thing to put more attention on.

The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by what they can afford.

The best thing you can give someone is the freedom to make their own mind up - and then, if it's not working out 5 years later, you can give your opinion.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.