THEY SAID WHAT?

“People call us weird and strange. Truth of the matter is, everybody is weird and strange and we just embrace who we are” - Actor Sterling K Brown on receiving an award at the Screen Actors’ Guild awards (SAGs) ceremony.

“Demonising capitalism may be fashionable in the affluent Western world but it ignores the millions of people who have risen out of poverty as a result of free markets” - Mark Littlewood, director-general of the Institute of Economic Affairs.

“The joy of getting older is that you get to a point where you don’t care. It would be a bit strange at my age if I was dominated by what people think. It’s liberating, getting older”

- Actress Donna Air, below.

“He should resign from Ukip immediately so we can get on with rebuilding the party without further distraction. His recent behaviour has been so irrational, he should seek psychological help” - Former Tory MP Neil Hamilton, Ukip’s leader in Wales, calls on Henry Bolton, who has defied a no-confidence vote and refused to stand down as leader.

“I have a very messy and chaotic mind” - Writer Zadie Smith, author of White Teeth.

“True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us”

- Hollywood star Meryl Streep.

“Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion” - Actress Kim Cattrall.