I drive.. A Mercedes 500 SCL 1988. They're powerful, they've got an old style chic to them but I'm not a car collector. I don't take them very seriously. It cost me �15,000stg in Birmingham.

If I have time to myselff In the right frame of mind and when I'm not taking any abuse from press people, I paint.

You wouldn't know it but I am very good atf Conversational Italian. I used to live in Milan.

You many not know it but I am very bad atf Sewing.

A book that changed mef Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan. It made me reflect and think and I was living in Paris at the time. It made me take life as it is.

When I was a child I wanted to bef A cowboy. I applied to the American Embassy and they said I needed a degree in agriculture. With my results from Blackrock College, I wouldn't have gotten into any third-level education.

All my money goes onf School fees.

At night I dream off Having a good sleep.

The soundtrack to my lifef The theme from the film Chariots of Fire. I suppose I feel that sport does play an important part in my life.

The best invention everf The basic can opener.

Movie Heavenf There's a lot. The very latest film that I really loved was Pan's Labyrinth (above).

Beautiful, brilliant, classic.