I've been going to Bamburgh for holidays since I was a child.

With your own children, you love them immediately - and with grandchildren, it's exactly the same.

You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.

I'm very good at being out of work.

With all the lines I have to learn for TV scripts, I don't think I have any problems with forgetfulness - that's brain exercise enough for me.

My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.

With something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your response to it, but with dementia there is the fear of losing control of your mind and your life.

Walking is my main method of relaxation. I don't go over my lines or try to solve the world's problems, I just enjoy the scenery and the wildlife.

People think I'm thick because of the characters I play. I think I'm brighter than the characters. Well, I hope I am.

My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.

The more telly you do, the more it feels like a factory.

You're not trying to find the answer to a question, you're simply trying to confirm something you desperately want to believe: that everyone is evil.

I have always grown from my problems and challenges from the things that don't work out. That's when I've really learned.

You drive me crazy!" "You were always crazy. I just highlight it.

I think sometimes a narrative can come out of a single word.

Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.

i've made room for you, she said. if you want it, there's room.

The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.

Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.

Dr. King didn't get famous giving a speech that said,"I have a complaint."

Whoever controls the education of our children controls the future.