My favourite people to follow on Twitter are… my fans. They make me laugh so much and keep me smiling.
Actually, Sydney is my second favourite city on earth, I love Sydney, but this is the greatest.
In my downtime, you’ll mostly find me curled up with a book. I love reading biographies. My favourites are those of Dalai Lama, Osama Bin Laden, and Einstein.
When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories – and my absolute favourite was ‘Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.’ Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl’s books as an adult it surprised me.
When I was 14 years old, I was a huge fan of the Velvets, the Stooges and the Modern Lovers. They are my three favourite bands. I never get sick of ’em.
My favourite programme of all time is ‘Weeds’; the first three or four series are perfection.
I have no favourite genre or style but treat each novel with the same care, imagination and craftsmanship. It’s as difficult to write a crime or a children’s novel with a touch of style and grace as it is a literary novel.
My favourite book – ‘The Good Soldier’ by Ford Madox Ford, which I have read about 20 times – is different from my favourite author, who is Iris Murdoch. I find her books exciting and unputdownable. Her characters are so carefully studied and in-depth; I love that.
I like a lot to watch Real Madrid and Barcelona, which are my favourite teams in La Liga.
Until I was 16, I read nothing but science fiction. I loved William Gibson and I still do. But my favourite book when I was growing up, for a long time, was ‘Snow Crash’ by Neal Stephenson, which I must have read about a dozen times when I was a teenager.
You earn the title of favourite when you win. It’s not when people say you’re a favourite because of past achievements; it’s when you show it on the pitch.
I have been a big fan of Dulquer. I have watched a lot of his films… ‘O Kadhal Kanmani’ being my favourite.
I am fortunate to stay at lots of lovely hotels when I’m on tour, but my favourite hotel group in Britain is Malmaison. I recently stayed at the Malmaison in Manchester, which was pretty amazing. It had a fabulous bar and restaurants, as well as fantastic rooms with mood lighting.
I love going to art galleries. The Tate Modern is one of my favourite things to do. But I don’t invest in the history of it and I don’t read up on it. I am a guy who would buy a print rather than buy an original.
In ‘Badlapur,’ my character’s name is Jhumli. It’s a special film for me because I got a chance to work with my favourite director, Sriram Raghavan. I’m a huge fan of him.
That’s right; I was watching ‘From Russia With Love’, one of my favourite Bond movies, and suddenly thought that I’d love to see a version of this from Tatiana Romanova’s point of view. Or, better yet; what if she was the hero? What if this was her story, and Bond was just a side character?
The 1950s is my favourite era.
Actually, my favourite roles have been in theatre, but on TV, my faves were Slap Maxwell and Larry Sanders.
I was never my favourite subject.
As a kid I watched television 24 hours a day and loved every minute of it. The two shows that always make me laugh and are therefore my favourites are The Dick Van Dyke Show and Fawlty Towers.
Many of my favourite hotels are in London. I like the Covent Garden Hotel and I stayed at Blakes last time I was in London. I like the feeling of warmth and homeliness that you get from both of those places.
Salim-Sulaiman have always been my favourite. It’s just an absolute pleasure working with them, and there’s always something new you get to learn just by sitting in their studio and absorbing all that’s happening around you.
‘Nakhrewali’ is one of my favourite songs.
Barcelona is one of my favourite cities in the world. The fashion and people are just so effortlessly cool.
I can’t resist South Indian cuisine, particularly what is prepared at home. My mom is my favourite cook. She can cook a variety of cuisines. I savour her cooking at home, and she’s undoubtedly the best.
The high point for me in my career was when Sinatra called me his favourite performer in the Fifties. And I’ve been sold out ever since.
My favourite dish is pollo ajillo; my favourite drink is a good Rioja with it. And as for my favourite music, oh God – there’s so many things I like. Well, I’d say it’s ‘Walk of Life’ by Dire Straits.
I love books; my suitcases are always full of them. Books and shoes. I read when I am sad, when I am happy, when I am nervous. My favourite British author is Jane Austen, and my favourite American one is John O’Hara.
I love pink – pink’s my favourite. I hardly ever – weirdly – wear it, but I love the colour pink.
I’ve always been interested in science – one of my favourite books is James Watson’s ‘Molecular Biology of the Gene.’
I loved ‘A Wednesday’; it is one of my top favourite films of all time.
I don’t think it’s good for people to know too much about you. With my favourite bands, I don’t want to have the inside track on every single aspect of their personal lives.
Two of my favourite books are Henry Miller’s ‘Tropic of Cancer’ and ‘Tropic of Capricorn.’
My favourite smell is horses. In fact, most of the time, I do smell like horses.
‘Wild Horses’ is my favourite Stones song. It’s so beautiful. I don’t mind that it was written for Bianca.
My favourite piece of music is actually ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ as a whole. For me, it’s the most perfect and brilliant example of rock song writing.
One of my favourite Donald Byrd tracks is ‘Think Twice,’ and I didn’t want to sample it. I’ve always enjoyed when other people have sampled it, so I wanted to instead of making a beat with it or something like that, or freak the beat of whatever. I wanted to just recreate it in my own way, like how I heard it.
My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.
Character building is one of my favourite things to do.
Eating good food is my favourite thing in the whole world. Nothing is more blissful.
My favourite area of Milano is by the canons – I go to an authentic Italian restaurant around there on a Sunday for delicious food.
One of my favourite actors of all time, although he doesn’t necessarily play villains, is Peter Lorre.
Brisbane is my favourite tournament… I have great memories here and always like to start the year here.
When I am up in Paris then the restaurant which has remained my favourite for the past decade is Guy Savoy. The menu is huge, sophisticated and very creative but I keep to simple choices.
I go to London, my favourite city in the world, and I feel at home.
My favourite thing is to come down to London from my home in Staffordshire in the helicopter and then get my bike out of the back and cycle into London. It’s wonderful.
What would George Clooney do? That’s one of my favourites. He is one of my favourite actors and one of my favourite human beings. I don’t know if I have a serious life philosophy.
If we’re gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie. There are no other people. Race is a social construct.
My favourite series of all time has been ‘Band of Brothers.’ That was amazing; I’ve watched that so many times.
The googly and the slider are my favourite type of deliveries, and I love it when batsmen try to cut or sweep me and, while attempting those strokes, get lbw or clean bowled.
I love cricket. My all-time favourite is Sachin Tendulkar, without a shadow of a doubt.
My favourite ground is The Oval because I have a lot of memories on that ground.
OK, so, my favourite actress in the world is Sarah Paulson. I think she is so talented and I admire her so much, I have always said from the beginning she is someone who just really has perfected the craft. She could play anybody and be believable.
One of my favourite books of all time is ‘The Borstal Boy.’
I love ‘Treasure.’ It’s one of my favourite albums.
I love Toni Morrison and Jeanette Winterson. ‘The Passion’ is my favourite book.
Paul Verhoeven is one of my favourite directors. I love his ability to mash extreme violence with humour and satire.
Stunts are my favourite – I love it: the feeling, the adrenaline when all the cameras are rolling and everyone is watching and crowd round.
I’m one of those people if you ask, ‘What’s your favourite song?’ I’m going to give you five. I don’t have just one favourite.
I’ve managed to get some beautiful bags. I have a great collection, and so does my mother. My favourite is a purple one by Gucci, which I take everywhere!
My favourite place in the world is home.
Gardening is one of my enduring, favourite, and most rewarding pastimes.
I love thrillers – ‘Dead Calm’ is one of my favourite movies of all time.
Rehearsals are one of my favourite things in the world.
Playing Mark Antony in ‘Rome’ will always be a favourite of mine because he was such an outrageously big and interesting character to play. Also, the fact that we were able, with that character, to find out and present the public with a biography of that man that had not been really seen before.
