I've always hated it when people overspend, are spoilt or throw their money away.

My parents were so proud when I got a scholarship to go to theatre school - it was unheard of that a coal-miners son should go to drama school.

When I was a child, I wanted to... go into space! To go to Mars. I wanted to explore and explore and explore. I wanted to go to the Lost World in South America - I was heartbroken to discover there were no dinosaurs; I still don't accept it.

I threw [Picasso's] drawing on the floor and in doing so, threw away about £50m.

In the Arctic I met some Russian sailors on a submarine and they chorused, "Gordon's alive!"

I can't retire from life. I love life too much and I cannot wait to start the day.

When I was in Downing Street, David Cameron saw me and said, "Please, shout it all around and let it penetrate to my cabinet meeting." So I bellowed: "Gordon's alive!"