The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester?

Talent is always more interesting - ambition is not interesting. If you have talent, you have to find ways of expressing it, but you may not be a success in the world's terms.

A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate

Filming a pirate film is always good fun, with ships and indecent clothing.

I try to not to be a celebrity as much as possible.

One of the reasons we moved to L.A. in the first place [was] so that it was no big deal that I was in show business. We decided if we move[d] to L.A., then everyone in one way or another was involved in it.

Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Perth Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is "beware". This is not a wine for drinking; this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.