I've always taken my love of children from my father. He was a children magnet. Suddenly, having my first child hit home what my dad went through.

I rant and rave about noise pollution.

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

The thing I miss the most about Scotland is the football.

In the late '70s, maybe just before I started, there was still an attitude that if you did film you didn't do TV and vice versa, but that's gone now.

Hunger's a great spur.

My wife was a make-up artist, and she's a total product junkie. Our bathroom is packed full of lotions and potions so I end up trying them out.