If I was to meet my eight-year-old self, I would say, 'Don't listen to what they say about you. Wear your anorak with pride!'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never kiss the girls.
I wear my age with pride.
A lot of kids get disappointed. They expect me to be, like, 'Bwaah.' 'If I spend a minute with them, they end up saying, 'Wow, you're a nice, normal guy.' They hate it when they catch me out of my makeup.
I don't think any of my kids would have a good word to say about me. I think they deny that they even know me. At school, they pretend they are Anton du Beke's kids.
I always want to wear clothes that my children will one day look back on and say, 'Oh, you looked amazing - why didn't you keep that?' Not, 'Oh my God - I can't believe you wore that.'
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
I never want kids to walk away after a school presentation and say, 'I met a writer today.' I want them to say, 'I am a writer.'
When I go out with my 16-year-old friends, I don't wear Chanel.
When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.
When you're eight years old nothing is your business.