I think as with everything in life you've got to follow your gut. If you believe it wholeheartedly, then it's not going to feel like you're kind of pasting on an idea.

The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world.

A life without glitter is no life at all.

Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to.

Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard.

An accent in a way can be an entry into a character.

Also, I think having a musicality about me, that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right.

I'm glad that it was so physical and so isolated

We're all really happy with what's familiar. But what's inevitable in life is change. That's what life is.

My life is as good as an Abba song. It’s as good as Dancing Queen.

I really believe in a oneness. So if I'm looking at somebody else, it's not in a narcissistic way, but you're kind of seeing yourself.

Youth lasts much longer than young people think.

Worry less about what other people think about you and more about what you think about them.

Parenting a pre-teen is quite something.

I think fracking for gas will reduce the incentive to turn to renewables, and I think it will do a lot of other damage across the countryside.

I saw no evidence during my week in Gaza of Israel’s accusation that Hamas uses Palestinians as human shields.

There's nothing that you can't overcome with God on your side.

When I was 16, I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines.

A bad day for the ego is a good day for the soul.

It is your virtue, being men, to try; And it is ours, by virtue to deny.

I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character.