If you have extremes of haves and have-nots where the gap keeps growing, the have-nots group together and create social disorder, as they can't see a way out of their situation.

The welfare system was designed to do something different when it was started than what it does now. It was a safety net to help people get back to work: if they were sick, it would help them get back.

When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside.

It's an odd feeling, knowing someone is trying to kill you. On the front line, you learn quickly that if you're in the path of a bullet, you will get hit.

I would never ever talk about my own personal life in an interview.

When I was an actor, I was part of a team, which I loved. You are a part inside something which is larger.

Some bosses believe they can't afford to employ someone legitimately - so they employ them illegally.