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

I think there are worse things for a teen to be enraptured with than 'Twilight.

I love the fact you can walk down a street in London and get lost, even though you've lived here 20 years.

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.

I often think a lot of women's attraction to vampires is based on the fact that vampires come from centuries ago, from eras of chivalry and courtly virtues.

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

I was shocked the first time the paps got me in America - when a video camera is put in your face and you're asked questions and 15 people are walking backwards taking your picture. I was coming out of a pizza shop and had my daughter with me.