I Grew Up In A Strongly Socialist

I Have Seen The Gore Documentary 'an Inconvenient Truth,' Just Released In The States, And Admired The Acutely Revolutionary Delivery Of The Slideshow Assisted Talk He Has Now Been Giving For Some 16 Years.

I Think Politics Can No Longer Be Assigned To Parliamentary Activity And It Probably Never Could Be. But Politics With A Small P And The History Of Trade Union Movement Really Interests Me.

When Your Life Is As Precious As All Our Lives Are, Then It Needs To Be Kept Precious And Looked After And Treated Well. And That Is Not Something We Should Be Sharing With A Wider Audience.

I Like Working On Stage Because There's Something Very Immediate About It, That Interaction With An Audience Where You Immediately Hear Their Reaction, Or Feel Them, Whether They're With You.

I Play The Guitar. This Year At The Sundance Film Festival, I Joined The Band From 'the Guitar' On Stage. We Warmed Up For Patti Smith, And Then The Director Michel Gondry Got On The Drums To Play Some Songs From The Soundtrack To His Film Be Kind Rewind With Mos Def. It Was Pretty Mad.