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Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British.

I resist and resent the idea of California as a metaphor. It's something thrust upon us, usually by people in the East.

Well, my thoughts about California are kind of mythological. To me, as well as being a real place, it's a place where people go to find something - to find happiness or to realize their dreams. So it has that kind of quality of heroism and heartache, and Australia has that, as well.

I love California. It has such a strong contribution to the history of culture, and popular culture. For better and worse, of course. Even the worst can be interesting to some degree sometimes for somebody creative.

Coming from New York, you're kind of indoctrinated with anti-L.A. sentiment, but California is just a really dope state.

Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.

Growing up in California, I obviously knew about our deep connections with the Japanese.

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.

I love California. I love Hollywood.

I've always wanted to be able to say that I come from Los Angeles, California and feel quintessentially American - even if I said that in Spanish.