After World War II, the major estates really did collapse.

When you are in the eye of the storm, you are often not aware of the whiplash around you.

At home I have a Tibetan terrier. I'm still not sure if he's a genius or very thick. It's a fine line.

The press mainly want to destroy a program by revealing what's coming up. For some reason, soaps like doing that.

I had girlfriends, but settling down was the last thing on my mind.

I have an excellent internal compass.

In the age of the camera phone it's a bit weird when you're sitting having dinner in a restaurant and people think they're being very subtle taking a photo while in fact they're being very obvious. When you're in a middle of a mouthful with friends or family and people come up asking for a photograph, that's when you want to say, 'Actually, I'm going to say no; I'd like to finish my meal. This is my time.'