The interesting thing about 'True Blood' is that its appeal is not contained to teenage girls. I get stopped in the street and questioned by 70-year-old men whose wives and daughters are making Bloody Marys and throwing 'True Blood' parties.

In London I had pear trees in my back garden, so I'd make my own pear and green tomato chutney.

I think half of what a trainer does is make you feel shame if you dont show up.

Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.

There is a difference between looking all right in a shirt and taking the shirt off. The older that us dudes get, the more the paunch has to be worked on. It's hard.

I was a mod when I was a kid. I'd be in Italian pencil-leg trousers with those bowling shoes you wear outside and a Fred Perry polo shirt with a V-neck sweater. It was like an Essex uniform - a very specific look.

If my missus is there and she approves of the person I get to bite boobs - and necks.