I love that pre-mod jazz look of the late Fifties, the Steve McQueen style that influenced the British modernists.

The great thing about getting older is that you learn not to care about being cool. I'm happy with who I am, I know what I like and I can't see myself changing… not for a little while, at least.

What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.

I've got a stag weekend coming up and I've said I'm not doing anything more than a few drinks. I won't have it. I'll go home and watch Antiques Roadshow.

On the one hand, we're constantly told about recycling and cutting back, and on the other hand we have to buy the next gadget that comes along three weeks after the last one you bought. It's absolutely insane. We've been suckered into buying and buying and upgrading and upgrading. We're being given two very different mantras at the moment, I think.

I'm one of the few people I know who believes in God.

I would wear a full-length cape if I could get away with it - I do love a good swirl in a fog.