I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.

I've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never.

I gradually stopped wondering, ‘What life do I have?' and began to consider, ‘What life can I build?

The bigger the canvas, the better I do. I'm not so good at understated, kitchen-sink kinds of parts.

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

By reaching out, more comes back than you can possibly imagine.

What I do is based on powers we all have inside us; the ability to endure; the ability to love, to carry on, to make the best of what we have - and you don't have to be a 'Superman' to do it.