The TV series I always put on when I don’t know what to watch…

The Office, the British one! I must have first watched it when I was five or six. It was on at about 9pm, when I definitely shouldn’t have been up. It was all the rude jokes you weren’t allowed to say. It’s a hug, even though it’s so inappropriate.

The book I always tell people to read…

I’m a big reader, and if I had to pick one, it would have to be The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. I’ve read it about five times. It’s an amazing book and not just because it’s brilliantly written. It’s spiritual, and it really grounds me. It reminds me of the things that are in your control and the things that are totally not. And I think in this industry that I’m in, it’s extremely applicable.

The film I wish I’d starred in…

The Social Network.

The podcast I auto download…

There’s one I love called Make Art Not Content. Have you heard of it? It’s about an artist’s journey and how great artists like Basquiat or Jeff Koons started out. In this day and age, people make art with the intention of selling it, and this gets away from that. It sounds a bit pretentious, but it’s really brilliant.

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