My dad was rubbish at all other aspects of his financial life, but he's pretty good at paying the rent.

My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way.

Hunger's a great spur.

I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more.

I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.

I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball.

I think I have a natural, if I can say that, got a kind of natural ability in comedy.