I am always interested in affecting people in some way, making them think about particular areas of history that they have never thought about or that they may have thought about in one way and then changing their view.

Mandela is this extraordinary individual who can inspire the world. Instead of wanting revenge after being brutalized, he showed the world how to forgive.

Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have.

I'm not the greatest driver. I don't know if I'll ever master the art.

At Cambridge, it was the weirdest culture. Everyone pretended they didn't do any work, yet it was so competitive.

Getting to travel around the world and go to glamorous locations is certainly not what I had as a kid.

I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.