I look at old interviews and things and they say, 'What do you want to do when you grow up?' I say, 'I want to be a producer.' And I'm really fortunate that I was able to do it.

I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life.

I had a kind of Dickensian childhood.

The propensity to do good things is a choice.

My idea of what's good and bad and right and wrong is maybe greyer than most, and I like writing about that.

I look at old interviews and things and they say, 'What do you want to do when you grow up?' I say, 'I want to be a producer.' And I'm really fortunate that I was able to do it.

I'm not cynical about marriage or romance. I enjoyed being married. And although being single was fun for a while, there was always the risk of dating someone who'd owned a lunch box with my picture on it.