I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

Oh yeah, I'm an Essex boy and proud of it.

Jewelry is fine on some guys, but it's not for me.

If you offer me a job sitting in a Winnebago with make-up girls and free food, I'm probably going to take it.

I don't think you should go into politics until you can stand on your own two feet economically, if possible, and you know enough about the world.

When I was an actor, I was part of a team, which I loved. You are a part inside something which is larger.

What's always got me is the fact that when people talked on the telly about Iraq, before Afghanistan kicked off, you'd get only these public-school-type army officers talking about what was going on out there. I kept thinking, 'Why don't we get the true voice of the squaddie? Why don't we hear from the lads on the battlefield?'