I have really diverse tastes, which can be problematic sometimes, but it's good because it means I'm always listening to as much music as possible. I love listening to music, whatever genre it is.

It still hasn't sunk in that I'm going to be in Coronation Street. Everything about the role is brilliant and I'm working with some great people.

I've never been out with any of the cast of Coronation Street. We're all very close friends so it's very much a professional attitude.

The Goth character was a difficult thing to get my head round. I'm not really a fan of Goth music. I'm more a piano and guitar man - that's what I love.

I trust my mom with anything. If I have a problem, my mom is always the first person I go to.

I'm not really into gothic music, it's not really my type of scene but each to their own. I listen to pretty much anything.

Skype is a wonderful thing. The irony is that you never Skype when you're in the same country as someone.

Circumstances are the seeds of literature.

But she knew that no matter what beauty lay behind, it must remain there. No one could go forward with a load of aching memories.

You should always leverage performance and potential, look at the overall success of the company for the long run.

I'm very tired, but this is what every filmmaker dreams about: that their $15 million, under-the-radar film is now being seen by so many people.

I'm a story teller. I really know how to tell stories of Africa.

Any novel of importance has a purpose. If only the "purpose" be large enough, and not at outs with the passional inspiration.

It's a small town; everybody eats in the same cafe; everybody gets their hair cut in the same barber shop. That kind of community building, I think, begins to bridge those gaps.

I have food every day on the table, I have a family, friends, health - all the things without which it wouldn't matter how many roles I get to play.

Once a Bond fan, always a Bond fan.