"I'm contemplating moving to London for a period of time. I've been in Los Angeles for 15 years and I'm really tired of it. I'm continually uninspired by what's being sent to me. Even by huge films that they're doing there. They're just awful"

"Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles"

"It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom"

"If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting"

"London is a modern Babylon"

"The first song is called "London." It's about two Russian soldiers who desert the Russian army and escape to London, where they indulge in a life of crime"

"The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters"

"I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?"

"I started noticing how stained the pavements are in London. The pavements in Beverly Hills aren't used; in London, they're used for everything. It doesn't matter how much they're cleaned, they still reflect light"

"When I was flying to Rome, we flew over London; I felt like bursting into tears. It's part of me, so I can't leave London behind for good"

"When I came to Los Angeles, it was the first time that I ever felt like I belong somewhere. Not because it was wacky, but because people here understood what I felt like to perform, and there were other kids my age who wanted to do it. I didn't get looked at as God, you freak"