What will it feel like after you die? Exactly the same as it felt for those billions of years before you were born.

Do unto others…’ is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is probably the greatest virtue there is. But that’s exactly what it is - a virtue. Not just a Christian virtue. No one owns being good. I’m good. I just don’t believe I’ll be rewarded for it in heaven. My reward is here and now. It’s knowing that I try to do the right thing. That I lived a good life. And that’s where spirituality really lost its way. When it became a stick to beat people with. ‘Do this or you’ll burn in hell.’ You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.

I think that's the fundamental thing - you can go anywhere you like as long as you're following a character that the audience likes and understands.

The best advice I've ever received is, 'No one else knows what they're doing either.

Piracy doesn't kill music, boy bands do.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you believe in god, you're wrong.

No one wants to see cool people doing brilliantly. I want to see the struggle. That's the fun bit.