THEY SAID WHAT?

“I love watching them but I would never want to be on one, ever, ever, ever, unless it’s got horses on it because I love riding” Broadcaster Sara Cox

discusses reality TV

“Any violence is terrible but, unfortunately, in our days it is entertainment” Crime novelist Martina Cole who says she is horrified at the level of violence in her own books

“I wasn’t worried about what was in the newspapers today. What I was worried about was, ‘What are they going to write about me 20 years from now when I look back?”’ Ex-US president Barack Obama

“The utter hypocrisy of Government ministers and others who queued up in the chamber in the House of Commons to heap praise on the emergency services, the following day to cut their wages by refusing to lift the pay cap. The hypocrisy is absolutely unbelievable”

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

“The more we talk about sexual assault the better, and screw the people who are saying we shouldn’t be putting this on TV and screw the people who are saying they’re going to boycott the show because of it” Game Of Thrones star Sophie Turner, pictured, whose character was raped in the show

“Failure is regarded in Hollywood as practically a contagious disease; people will literally cross the road to avoid someone who is tainted with it” Film critic Barry Norman, who has just died

“I like to be either horizontal or vertical. I am far too lazy to exercise. I hear yoga is good and I may try it one day, but I prefer to sleep”

French actress Isabelle Huppert