 He has admitted that his career had caused him to neglect his family.He is a recovering alcoholic, having started drinking at the age of fifteen and stopping at 26, and is also former drug user, who now maintains a life of sobriety (a teetotaller).He is a follower of Noam Chomsky and says that he has had a great influence on his political beliefs, claiming to be more left-wing than Chomsky himself.