Ian Rush

There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football club. That's what people in Liverpool are passionate about.

I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and there's the Welsh connection.

In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and others.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.