Ross Kemp Quotes

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

I think we have always had a fascination for gangs and gangsters, and I think we always will.

People-trafficking is modern day slavery. There are more slaves today than there were at the height of the slave trade.

Sunglasses are a bit like watches for me - a real obsession. My favourites are Oakleys, Ray-Bans and Wileys, which are worn by the U.S. military.

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

The one thing that I'm absolutely sure about is that the people of Gaza aren't going anywhere. And neither are the people of Israel.

Jewelry is fine on some guys, but it's not for me.

I really enjoy travelling around the world. I get to meet some extraordinary people.

I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

I always get very fit if I'm going away filming for two months in Afghanistan or wherever.

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.

Oh yeah, I'm an Essex boy and proud of 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.

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

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

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.

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

Riots born out of political issues aren't the same as those born out of personal greed.

Many areas of Los Angeles have gang problems.

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.

I'm an old git now, so I would say this, but television was better when there were less channels. There was more concentration and selection in terms of the output.

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 really hate people who feel their private lives should be paraded, and there are magazines like 'Hello!,' 'OK' and 'Bella' totally devoted to this.

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

A day in Afghanistan is like a week at home.

On my travels around the world, I've met people in countries where democracy doesn't exist and if it does, they are intimidated into voting in a certain way.

I do dream about Afghanistan. I wake up and think I'm still there.

War is not cheap, but it's the human cost that's the highest.