Men find it difficult because I've got so much energy and hardly sleep at night, only four or five hours. I wake up in the early hours and potter around.

Seeing the family is a very important part of my weekend.

The things that make me very angry are injustice and bullying. If I see someone bullying a woman or child in the street, or kicking a dog, I go completely mad.

Acting and writing go together. Actors write because they love words and becoming other people - we love to escape into other characters.

Someone had told me about a house in Wandsworth, southwest London - 21 Blenkarne Road - with an incredible garden, so I went and had a look. I walked in and just said, 'I want it.'

I feel I'd like to share my luck and my life. Being in love is the best thing in the world.

Ive struggled so hard to reign in my temper because it actually terrifies me.

I was brought up in Scotland and have always been a country person, although the town means a great deal to me, too.

True freedom comes from continuous self-development.

Begin to read.

Before I was cast on The Surreal Life my knowledge of Christopher Knight was pretty much he was on The Brady Bunch and I hated The Brady Bunch.

......what I was born does not matter, only what I will make of myself, only what I will become.

The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.

It's always a pleasure to find something that matters.

I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.

Learn to bend. It's better than breaking.

Even the most elitist director or author who claims that he doesn't care if his works are seen or not, then I have to think that he's either a liar or a hypocrite.

I think I've been interested in music since I was little.