People think I'm thick because of the characters I play. I think I'm brighter than the characters. Well, I hope I am.
My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.
I wish people would take more care of the countryside.
I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.
I'm very good at being out of work.
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.