I've got wealth and fame but I haven't changed my roots.

Critics called me 'egregious' - I had to look that one up - and 'creepy', but now I don't read them, I weigh them.

We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.

I've been very lucky, this is my 30th year on TV.

For me, everything has always been an accident.

The inventory process and stepping back in your life can sometimes be a very dark process. But it also can be extremely funny and surprising.

British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse.