I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason.

I think in life, you have a choice. You can either be optimistic or pessimistic, and I go for the optimism.

I think one of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport.

I think Baywatch is such a hit here because of the weather.

Now think about crawling into a burning house not knowing where you're going, you don't know how long it's been burning or if the floor is about to collapse under you. There's a lot of scary things that go through our minds.

You've got to say, ''I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it.'' It's called perseverance.