No mosque has enough parking and muslim men love to complain about it. I don’t care how young or trendy they are, within seconds they will…

Ted Danson, Don Cheadle, Henry Winkler and Timothy Simons also open up about why comedy should be dangerous ("I get absolutely terrified — but it becomes addictive"), Hollywood's former drug culture and moving on from indelible roles ("I had no idea how or what to do next").

There’s something slightly electrifying in the way Vicky Featherstone talks about plays. I’m sitting opposite her in her office at the Royal Court, listening to her describe its year-long new season, announced this morning. As the theatre’s artistic director, insight and conviction are to be expected.

In Variety’s Recovery Issue, prominent entertainment figures offer insights on navigating a sober life in Hollywood.

Being from a single-parent family is hereditary. In my case, I got it from my father, who left my mother before I was born. Like most hereditary conditions, from time to time, you’ll find yourself discussing it in circumstances you can’t control and in a manner that makes you mildly uncomfortable. In my case, well-meaning people ask what my father does, which leaves me with the unlovely choice between honesty, which makes the questioner feel awkward, and lying, which is hard to keep up for long.

In this extract from his new book, Johann Hari, who took antidepressants for 14 years, calls for a new approach

When the reading brain skims texts, we don’t have time to grasp complexity, to understand another’s feelings or to perceive beauty. We need a new literacy for the digital age writes Maryanne Wolf, author of Reader, Come Home