It’s our imperfections that make us vulnerable, make us interesting. How can I make myself a bit of an asshole and still have humanity about it?

I'm gonna hump ya. Like Deputy Dog... Would hump ya.

I knew lots of Irish ladies in my life who would say daft things and then would just say something incredibly truthful in a very simple way with simple language - a few well chosen words that would take an intellectual five minutes to express. I like that.

I am of the very last generation who didn't have computers at school. As we grow old we'll become something of an aberration.

The one thing that gives you faith is the fact that people can be apart physically but they can still have an emotional connection.

In England, I've done a whole bunch of stuff where I just make a complete ass of myself. I've been doing it for 20 years, so I just gravitate toward it anyway. I'd rather do that than do the stuff where I'm supposed to be trying to look cool in some way. It's more interesting to me.

I'm 47, my girlfriend's 33; she's 14 years younger than me: Back of the net!