Before my mother's diagnosis with Alzheimer's, I had heard of the disease, but hadn't known anyone who had suffered from it.

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.

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

My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.

…People are rivers, always ready to move from one state of being into another. It is not fair, to treat people as if they are finished beings. Everyone is always becoming and unbecoming.

The time will come when you will doubt everything you stand for, but you must push forward and never stop. Do not let others speak for you, or you will lose your voice forever.” ~The Grimoire

Simply stated, earth is a school-a divine educational process custom-fit to each of us.

Last night, I was a mad man searching for a whiff of your fragrance. The stars and the moon even laughed at me.

They lived their lives only for the hour that lay ahead of them.

Future benefits rarely figure in the minds of animals.

Have I ever told you, you look like Monty Clift? he inquired in a deep, seductive voice. Before or after the accident?

If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing twice.

A fat stomach sticks out too far. It prevents you from looking down and seeing what is going on around you.

Likeminded folks shop in the same circles.