People look for patterns in everything. It's what keeps us sane, I suppose. I struggle to see any patterns in my life. I think I can understand depression a bit because of my sister. My own feelings of ... I'm aware that, if you feel down, it can be strangely unrelated to circumstances around you. That's just the way life is.

Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.

As I work in the afternoon on committing to paper some of my morning's thoughts, I find myself just about to close on the knotty question of whether or not I believe in God. In fact I am about to type, 'I do not believe in God', when the sky goes black as ink, there is a thunderclap and a huge crash of thunder and a downpour of epic proportions. I never do complete the sentence.

One of the difficult things of so much travelling is to say goodbye.

You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.

I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please the public.

I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody else. I prefer to find out for myself.