We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.

We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.

You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.

I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know?

I grew up listening to popular music. My father was a Peruvian folk singer. He played the guitar at home. He sang songs with a waltzing rhythm, yet you can still hear the Spanish influences. I accompanied him to his performances.

But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives.

I like being married. I'm at home with my wife and kids all the time now. I don't go out for wild nights.

We are from the very middle class family. We have not come from the English medium school. We came from our regional languages school.