On Phantom... I listened to the music while I was reading the script. And it had just blown me away. I really... I was so excited about it. It's been a long time since I really got so excited about something.

Do you think I could justify to the newspaper-reading public why [Jones] gets a sentence seven to eight times higher?

We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.

If you look in the mirror and don't like what you see, you can find out first hand what it's like to be me.

I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society; the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked.

I love a girl with a good sense of humour, who is confident but who has a sweetness to her - that melts my heart.