If you offer me a job sitting in a Winnebago with make-up girls and free food, I'm probably going to take it.

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.

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

If I have a weakness, it's for timepieces - if I see one I like and can afford it, I'll buy it.

I didn't even watch the soaps when I was in them because it's like a coal miner coming home and staring at the coal scuttle - I was never a great lover of watching myself act.

I don't think you should go into politics until you can stand on your own two feet economically, if possible, and you know enough about the world.

I read a lot of research notes about the countries I visit, and my mum and dad bought me a Kindle, but I'm still getting to grips with it. I prefer paper books.