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The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow.

Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And because he takes certain medications, the drinking was making him... you know, he was not even present, really.

If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe.

And then before going back for my sophomore year, I decided to change my major to arts and sciences, and my dad cut a deal with me: He said if I do quit school he'd pay my rent for the next three years, as if I were in school.

I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver.

Dad worked in a warehouse when I was little and I did not see him for three years as he was doing all the overtime God gave him to buy me new ballet shoes, or a new tutu.

People say I am not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I am doing the best I can.

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

Dad was a very gentle, sweet man.

I had to learn how to chop wood actually - I do not think my dad would have let me go chop wood in the backyard growing up.

It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I am going to make money doing this thing I enjoy.

Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.

I am looking out for myself, but I am looking out for my dad, too.

I know I am 25 now, but there is still that little lad inside me who likes his dad there to see him.

My dad knows the business, and he tells me I have got to do what's best for me.

Although my dad Harry is the manager of West Ham, we get on very well.

At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic church bingos. Now my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson 357 magnum.

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant.

Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.

I remember once giving my dad some drawings and writings and said, If you could just give these to the publisher, that would be great. And I was about five!