From the time you are a tiny baby, a parent's love is usually unconditional. Whatever you do, your parents think you are the tops, but when their memory goes, you stop recouping the love you've put in.

I'm fascinated by politicians, because I suspect the huge majority of them go into it full of ideas and for the best possible reasons but end up being hijacked.

I'm very good at being out of work.

With your own children, you love them immediately - and with grandchildren, it's exactly the same.

My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.

You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.

Walking is my main method of relaxation. I don't go over my lines or try to solve the world's problems, I just enjoy the scenery and the wildlife.