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" There was nothing I could - and wanted to - learn in school. It was just a complete waste of my time. "

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" I love TV. I love being behind the scenes on a TV show but there's something about, I don't know there's something very special when you've signed an artist and that first record comes in and it's a good record. It is an indescribable feeling. "

" I suggest we bring some normality back to this country and say if you are carrying a knife, there must be zero tolerance. If it was up to me, everyone caught with a knife would get an automatic ten year sentence. "

" You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it. "

" When I think of invention, I always think of America. You're always seeing ads: 'Have you got the next big idea?' There seems to be that spirit in America of inventions and inventors. "

" Of course I have an ego, but you have to have an ego. You have to be incredibly competitive. I can get competitive at times, way too much, and it becomes a little bit obsessive. "

" I was never given any hand-outs. I started at the bottom and was very good at finding people who knew more than me and learning from them. "

" As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius. "

" I was 12 years old when I first realized that food could be hot. That's why I turned out the way I am. "

" I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looking for that next high, and that is what I would define as happiness. "

" If I was gay, why wouldn't I admit it? It wouldn't harm me. "

" I think if you're an unhappy person, you're always going to be an unhappy person. You're probably going to be less unhappy if your business is doing well, if I'm being honest. "

" If I had one dog, I'd want a hundred. If I had one kid, I'd probably want a hundred. I mean, it's just the way I am. "

" Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that. "

" The minute you start assuming that the audience is very happy to see the same show again, you're dead. "

" At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong. "

" In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob. "

" When you're making a reality show, you can't even plan a week ahead now. "

" If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless. "

" When you get your first pay cheque, it's the best feeling in the world. "

" The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love. "

" Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson, I thought, 'What am I doing this for? I don't ever want to be in a job that involves a Bunsen burner.' "

" I've always treated the music business as a business. "

" Money brings you security and choice. You can make decisions in a different way if you have a lot of money. But when you have nothing, you have a naivety, and a more fearless attitude because you have nothing to lose. "

" I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like guitar lessons and I got quite bored. My teacher was obviously bored giving me lessons, and one day I offered him a liquorice toffee, but he didn't answer. So I threw it at him, it hit him in the face, and he sort of beat me up. "

" If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning. "

" My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.' "

" I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do it, I always think, 'Why are you telling me how successful you are?' I am always suspicious of those kinds of boasts. "

" I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. "

" If I go into a relationship with an artist, which at most is going to last five years, we have a 100-page contract covering every eventuality. Whereas with marriage you go into it with no contract, with laws that date back hundreds of years, and I don't think that's right. "

" I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it. "