"My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mother's into reading and poetry. I suppose the thing I owe them most is my confidence."

"Although my family - parents and sister - all work in the personnel management business, their real passion is performing, amateur operatic societies and so on."

"I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared."

"When you look at all the miracles attributed to Jesus, they're all about change."

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

"I think that when NASA works on a moon shot, they know too well that all of the people working on it must do their job at 110 percent. Sometimes they probably put in 18 hour days, but they're aiming for the moon, and that's what counts."

"All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from."

"It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one's uses."