Fermat was my childhood passion.

But what has made this problem special for amateurs is that there's a tiny possibility that there does exist an elegant 17th-century proof.

I hope that seeing the excitement of solving this problem will make young mathematicians realize that there are lots and lots of other problems in mathematics …

I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof.

I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days.

I started when I was three years old, doing commercials and Modeling in New York, I liked it so much that I kept doing it.

As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of what you loved most …