I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.

I am a metrosexual and into male grooming - I moisturise, I exfoliate.

Being onstage is a way of harnessing your vulnerability and using the adrenaline to be creative. It's a very vulnerable place to be - technically, emotionally, and physically - but I love it.

I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all.

I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors.

Your life is the same wherever you go.

Why do I find it hard to write the next line?

My instinct is to be very controlling.

Love is family, support, priority, and understanding.

I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.

Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.

The people who care about you may not tell you your blind spots fearing to offend/hurt you. Open up and ask their feedback and get enlightened.

Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

Reformation, like education, is a journey, not a destination.

When I look down, I miss all the good stuff And when I look up, I just trip over things.

I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known.

There's no getting blood out of a turnip.

The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.

Today, our economy is divided: fifty percent is the public economy and fifty percent is the private economy that includes small companies employing from 4 to 200 workers.

I would lay down my life for America but I cannot trifle with my Honor.

The improviser has to understand that his first skill lies in releasing his partner’s imagination.