I didn't have any qualifications when I left school - I had three O-levels.

When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me.

I was living life like in one of those Disney movies, where I genuinely believed nobody was ever going to die

I've learned to deal with stress much better now, things don't bother me in the way that they once used to.

I have very good advice to give to kids this age, which is, you shouldn't listen to your mum or dad and you just have to work it out for yourself. And the reason I've taken the age range down this year, and I never would have done it 10 years ago, is what I've seen with the success of Willow Smith. You don't have to be so cutesy anymore.

The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.

Sincerity is romantic. I don't think you need gestures.