I'm 41 now and the right knee has got a bit of a twinge in it. I get about the stage a little less now.

I didn't get my first car until I was 22. It was a BMW 1602 and now I've got it back I'm waiting to restore it.

Every now and again I need to get away from everything. I'm quite a hidey-hole kind of a guy.

I may be the prat in the hat, that's cool, but I drive an Aston Martin DB5.

The mid-life crisis is just those times when you're not so into the things you were when you were younger.

When I listen to Radio 1 and hear five different tracks in a row using old disco samples, well that's plagiarism, that's taking other people's music.

I can do the equivalent of 150 miles per hour and not get stopped. I could quite happily pursue people down the motorway in my helicopter.

I like girls who like the countryside, put on walking boots and can bend with the wind a bit. If you're going to live with me, you need to be able to embrace the countryside and wet dogs.

Your private life is your private life and you keep it to yourself. You get more respect that way.

I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too.

Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait.

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. ... These two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

You’re each others ‘The One', just make sure you are each other’s RIGHT one.

The universe knows my place in life much better than I do.

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we have been ignorant of their value.

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.

There should be a dash of the amateur in criticism. For the amateur is a man of enthusiasm who has not settled down and is not habit bound.

The rich and powerful want to believe in their right to be rich and powerful, so they justify it by saying they are inherently superior to the poor and lowly.

My boyfriend is not a swimmer!

Our vision is to look through the eyes of our kids. We are a lucky, peaceful nation. We are an unselfish people. That's one of our proudest national attributes.

The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.