Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.

Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.

All I can say to the others is, 'Look out, we're on our way.

After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.

We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.

Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.

I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that.

That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids,' is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent.

I am not going to go round trying to make people say 'Wow!'... I'm not going to play Hollywood lookalikes.

No I'm not a great believer in getting back over things and saying if only, or if, or buts because I don't think we actually get anywhere on that.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

They left me. My parents actually left me! IN FRANCE!

We have a saying in Marseilles: a man in no hurry gets nowhere fast. I have been in no hurry for eight years.

I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips

Europe is usually where I am usually galloping around.

It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.

I don't follow politics; it doesn't interest me. So why should I vote?

I believe in living in the present and making each day count. I don't pay much attention to the past or the future.

As you get older, your experiences become more precious. Nothing material is important to me. It's people who are precious.

I was an activist long before I even entertained the possibility of being an actor.