Ever since grammar school I knew I wanted to be famous - I always wanted to be a singer.

HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help or need it. And that reputation is earned.

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

Actually bizarrely in America I get more appreciation from the odd unusual stuff I've done almost because I'm not if you like famous in America as I am in England.

I have never wanted to be famous as such - fame is a by-product.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

I really feel like it's a travesty to make a child famous. I really do.

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.

It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going and that's a famous story but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?