I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess.

I played with the image, because I think image is temporary. It's a projection. It's illusory.

I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be death, illness, separation. I mean, the failed expectations... We all have dreams.

I like where I live here, in London.

Just having medicine isn't equivalent to medical care. You need the health systems, you need to create the social framework so that people feel safe.

Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.

Life is not quantifiable in terms of age, but I suppose in my fifties I am more grounded and more at ease in my own skin than when I was younger. I have a confidence that I didn't have before from the experiences I've had.