Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice.

It's all about giving back, helping people and encouraging people. I love to do that.

Be a part of all that is decent and be an ambassador for the kind of world that you want to live in.

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

I feel an enormous responsibility to bridge the gap between England and America, and be a sort of very quiet ambassador for my country to try to sort of do a "hands across the water" thing where they understand England and English people understand Americans. I adore America.

You always do that with movie musicals. You prerecord and then you lip-synch to playback.

I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.