I walked past Noel Gallagher on the street once and everyone was like, "Go speak to him! He's one of your heroes!" I thought I'd leave him. I don't know what I'd say to him.

When you write a song, there's no point keeping it to yourself.

I think drama school really teaches you how to annunciate; you're conscious that people might not understand you if you speak too fast and too Welsh.

I’m still secretly a bit of a punk. Love The Clash and a bit of the Pistols. I guess as I’ve got older I’ve chilled out a bit. But, my teenage angst is still stirring somewhere!

The music is mine. Theres nothing to hide behind. Thats where you see the real person.

It's a weird thing with accents. When I go home it gets a lot stronger, when I've had a few beers it gets a lot stronger.

When you're doing the same scene over and over, all day long, you need to keep your levels up for your own performance and for the other actors.

I was a huge Radiohead fan growing up.

I just want my music to be put out there, not shoved in peoples faces. I want to keep it relaxed.

I have no ambitions to be a pop star.

There was so much great music around in the 60s, stuff like The Small Faces, but I also love The Jam.

Personal writing takes up where public education leaves off – with intent to know what is important about life.

Will Human Nature destroy Nature and Humans?

Be wary of people who go out of their way in charity. They're usually compensating for some evil they're trying to erase.

Well, you need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

I really believe in myself. I'm the hardest worker I know, and one of the best songwriters. There's a craft to it, and it takes a long time to hone it, and I work really hard at it.

I'll wire the International Federation of American Homing Pigeon Fanciers and give them the number stamped on the bird's leg ring.

Alas, not all things in life are easy; Even man struggles to be human.

I'm always nervous taking on a period role because it's difficult to research - you can't observe it, go out and see it. But it's satisfying because eventually you think, 'I got there.

I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families.

Maybe I should stay a good soldier of cinema.