Holding auditions in front of an audience is testing.

As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius.

If I went to a psychiatrist, it would be a long session. I've always thought that I do have a number of issues that probably need dealing with, because I am quite odd in some ways.

I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics.

I love producing shows. And so when you're on a show where other people are making decisions you don't necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger.

I don't mind competition at all. I mean, the record business is the most competitive business in the world, probably. So I'm used to that. In a weird way, it kind of makes you work harder.

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