I'm very good at being out of work.

I'm very good at being out of work.

I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.

People think I'm thick because of the characters I play. I think I'm brighter than the characters. Well, I hope I am.

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.

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.

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