Being a grandparent is whole new phase in your life.
You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.
My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.
With all the lines I have to learn for TV scripts, I don't think I have any problems with forgetfulness - that's brain exercise enough for me.
I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.
Dementia is often regarded as an embarrassing condition that should be hushed up and not spoken about. But I feel passionately that more needs to be done to raise awareness, which is why I became an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society.