It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.
I've heard some duff Irish accents. The worst must be Mickey Rourke.
I'm not strong-willed enough or unkind enough. . . or maybe simply not wise enough to tell a journalist that a subject is out of bounds.
Ours was a very progressive Protestant family, but my parents were God-loving rather than God-fearing. We went to church, and I still go with my mum and dad when I return home - it's a family thing. I played flute in my dad's marching band, but I had an integrated upbringing. We had a lot of Catholic friends.
Spoilt is a euphemism for loved.
I feel old and vulnerable. I now realise that I knew nothing and know nothing, but back when my career was beginning, I thought I was a man when, in fact, I was a dewy-eyed boy who'd not seen an avocado or eaten a tomato.
New Zealand is a place where you can get well.
Harold and Maude' was a seminal movie for me because it's not only a beautiful love story, but it's also about the moment when misfits find each other.
This is me. ’" He handed her the precious scrap of paper. ‘Call me or I’ll call you, but one of us will call, yes? What I mean is it’s not a competition. You don’t lose if you phone first
I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
It is significant that one says book lover and music lover and art lover but not record lover or CD lover or, conversely, text lover.