Starting a new job is always scary, or at least for me it's always scary. It's like the first day of school.
I moved cities when I was 17, and I moved countries when I was 20. Every time, I put football at the forefront and, if you do that, you don't have such a hard time settling in.
I can't stand unpacking.
If it's the right chair, it doesn't take too long to get comfortable in it.
I was eight when we came to Australia. It was five amazing weeks onboard this ship - it was the Northern Star.
It wasn't easy for me to find my feet when I first arrived in Europe.
It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.
When I moved to New York, I remember thinking, 'I'm never going to live anywhere else.'
Especially a new role, it takes a long time for me to settle into a role but it's exciting as well.
I remember coming to New York in 1974 to do a play here called 'Equis.' And I remember the first morning getting up and walking around the streets, and I thought, 'I'm home.' I felt really at peace here.
But it's just been recently that Nashville has started to feel like home.
We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in.
It doesn't always click for a new player in a new team: you don't always go in and hit the ground running and score all the time.
I think I am feeling comfortable in Bollywood more than in Hollywood because I have spent more time here now and I am understanding a lot of things. I am feeling pretty good here. I really don't plan on running off anywhere.
At some point in your career, maybe you, too, have made the life-altering decision to start anew. If so, you know first-hand how exciting, challenging, and sometimes disorienting the first 30, 60, 90 days can be.
So when we finally settled down outside of Seattle I felt totally uncomfortable with that idea.
The Manchester move was OK. I was still in England and I knew I could go back home.
I really feel now like a native New Yorker. And I'm very happy here.
I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.
I think it's just getting comfortable in New York City, comfortable in your own skin.
Even if you didn't come from another country, the idea of how do you make a home somewhere new is common to anyone who's either going to college, shifting towns.
My college, Fitzwilliam, was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in digs so I was not part of the cloistered 'old college' environment, which frankly was a bit intimidating. But I worked hard and settled in by exploring politics and girls.
When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.
Maybe sometimes it can take a player a bit longer to get comfortable and to get to know everyone and exactly what he needs to do.
Love the one you're with.
