I think as English people, we don't want to be reminded that at one point we ruled three-quarters of the globe, and now we're a very small country that doesn't own three-quarters of the globe.

I had teen angst for a while, but I think every teenager has the angst.

I never really sympathised with Peter Parker.

I'm a hard-mouthed north-eastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England.

I'll tell you what I hate - bands like My Chemical Romance.

When you have a child, you are just immediately changed forever. You put yourself second. Your child comes first, and everything that you do is with them in mind.

New York is great for people watching and there's a bunch of amazing rooftops.

I never realised that the Edinburgh skyline was so interesting - it's gothic and very urban and there's a lot of church spires and old brownstone buildings.

I love anything that kind of removes me from myself and employs something else. So, I love accents and I love pretending.

I'm awkward around girls.

I wanted to be a journalist for a long time.

Christ is pre-requisite for "Church".

You can live with victory over the desires of your flesh. Habits, attitudes, desires, worries, and dissipation must yield as you exercise authority over your mind, emotions, and will.

For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?

Remain true to yourself and your philosophy.

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

I don't look like a model; I'm a rock writer.

The biggest problem with Bill Schutz's food is his timidity with herbs and spices and some bizarre primeval fear of salt.

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.

I don't watch rushes. My whole thing is to try to stay in the moment with the other actor, and to let it all hang. I'm not sure I'm right on that, though.