I remember being in China and realising how irrelevant not even Britain is, but also Europe. We're just another remote country that hardly impinges on some places at all.

If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You are passing a greater burden on to people poorer than yourself, and depriving even poorer people of your support.

I'm pale-skinned so I don't feel at my best on a beach.

If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television. It doesn't do you any favours in terms of showing you what you look like and what your emotions are.

I'm not bald. I'm just taller than my hair.

I like New York. There are similarities with London that make it feel rather like home, but at the same time it's slightly fictional.

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.