My family have always been West Ham fans, so growing up, I used to go and watch them, and so I was a West Ham supporter.

I've had a bond with West Ham since growing up as a kid, going to Upton Park, looking up to the players.

I know my body better. I know how to be more professional. I know how to get myself ready for the games, which is the most important thing.

If you look at the top midfielders in the past for England, like Lampard, Gerrard, and Scholes, they were always on the scoresheet.

As an actor, I can just show up and do my job. The success and failure of the film depends on team work.

Throughout my career as a lawyer, teacher and labor leader, books have remained my constant companion - stuffed into a briefcase, overflowing on my bedside table, stacked on my desk at work. Books have carried me to distant worlds, opened new doors and made me feel empathy, compassion, anger, fear, joy, acceptance - and everything in between.

I won an award for my debut film. However, my career went up and down after that but I kept getting work. I did whatever excited me and did not think which role or film will change my career.

I grew up in a very high-achieving family. I have a brother who's a Harvard-educated cardiothoracic surgeon. My other brother is a two-time Olympian, fifth-round draft pick for the Philadelphia Eagles, and an entrepreneur and philanthropist.