I have a real passion for driving. Earlier on in my life I wanted to be a race car driver. But I don't pay an extortionate amount of money for cars. I'm pretty frugal.

My first professional job was actually at a place called Opryland USA, which no longer exists, but I've been performing since I was a kid.

You have to do bad things in order to become a hero. You have to make sacrifices.

I'm really passionate about pantomime because it is often the first introduction for a child to theatre, and if that child has a great experience at a pantomime they will continue to come year after year.

When I go to Florida for Christmas I always take my nieces and nephews out on excursions, ... I become like a big kid again. We go on all the big rides at the theme parks or I stick them in go-karts where their feet can't quite reach the pedals. I think that if you can continue to have the child at heart you may grow old physically but you will stay young mentally.

You can be in the public eye all the time and still have a private life, but the important thing is to keep in touch with the people who put you there.

In everything I do, I find some of myself, or a lot of myself, and put it into the role.