I always ask the booksellers to look at me and recommend a book; 9 out of 10, they get it right; it’s usually a book about someone dysfunctional. To me bookstores are like brothels of imagination, each book is luring me over going, 'Read me, read me'.

You have to be great friends and make each other laugh. We laugh a lot and neither is jealous of the other.

Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.

I knew nothing about football, then someone showed me a film of Petit and I realised how interesting the game could be. He is divine. When I met him I could barely speak, he was so gorgeous. Women will love that show.

You shouldn't run away from your problems, you need to aim straight for the heart of the beast.

By the time dessert arrives I am usually so drunk, I can't remember what I'm serving.

For me mindfulness is like building a house, so the next time the tsunami that is depression comes I'll have a structure in place to resist it.