I'm a technophobe. I can't crack the iPhone, and the extent of my multitasking is being able to talk while I make a drink.

I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my best, but I do realise the common denominator is me; it's something I'm doing.

I won't eat anything I can't spell or wouldn't tread in.

You have to speak your mind, but without being cruel.

The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall.

I am a little bit of a softie, yes. Actually I don't think it's softness, I think it's kindness.

I come from a broken home. My parents split up when I was nine. Everyone gave me a good wallop. But I come from a time when you just put up with that, you got on with things rather than sitting moaning about them.