I do see a lot of my kids, but sometimes I feel as though we have snatched moments. I turn up half way through something, or I only see her at bedtime. I'd like there to be more.

My approach to 'Eastenders' is the same as my approach to film and the same approach to theatre. Whatever I do, I use the same skills and tools.

EastEnders' keeps me so busy - that is where I'm at and I can't see that changing too soon. There's nothing that has quite got the punch of an 'EastEnders' script.

If you're a kid at a secondary comprehensive in North London as I was in the seventies, prancing around doing acting and being a luvvie wasn't really a good idea for your personal security.

We can be redeemed only to the extent to which we see ourselves.

Nothing remains the same.The only thing that never changesis the fact that everything changes.

Don't use the conduct of a fool as a precedent.

All love that has not friendship for its base Is like a mansion built upon the sand.

We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to.

Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.

I cheerfully quit from life as if it were an inn, not a home; for Nature has given us a hostelry in which to sojourn, not to abide.

Once Brexit has actually been implemented, the world will be a very different place.

Artists are the radical voice of civilization.

You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept.