Terribly sad news about Stuart Cable, such a lovely, warm, funny, talented man.

I like witty people, people who can be witty on the spot.

I think, if you've got children, that's your life. Your 'showbiz' life, if you want to call it that, is a separate thing, and it isn't everything to me.

I'm prone to a more depressed outlook on life.

I don't think any of my kids would have a good word to say about me. I think they deny that they even know me. At school, they pretend they are Anton du Beke's kids.

Sometimes great stuff comes quickly and sometimes it doesn't and you've got to dig in for the long haul, don't loose heart, and wait for something to come along. Which is something you learn the more you do it, that if it isn't coming straight away just hang in there and something will come.

I think it's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side of things. And as you get older, you want to focus on the positive.