THEY SAID WHAT?

“The times I feel the very best in my soul is when I can use the fact I’m a superhero and I can cheer up some sick kids. I can show up in a young innocent kid’s life who may be terminally ill. I can help raise money for a great cause. The platform and opportunity to use the powers that superheroes have over the imaginations of kids has been the most rewarding for me”

– Actor Chris Pratt, who plays

Star-Lord in a new film.

“I would have voted for Trump because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest. Do you want straight or polite? Not that you shouldn’t be able to have both” – Canadian singer Shania Twain, pictured, who later apologised for her remark, saying she had been caught off-guard by a question

“Cruel and criminal and bullying”

– actress Maxine Peake’s opinion of the Government’s immigration policy.

“The bottom line is that it is a private wedding and if they want to hold it in Windsor and in such a way that it is going to require crowd control and security then the royal family should be paying for that”

– Graham Smith, chief executive officer of Republic, which campaigns for the abolition of the monarchy.

“One of the things people learn with me is I don’t need to pull someone else down to build myself up and I will live and die by that rule”

– Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas, denying there was a feud between her and professional dancer Brendan Cole.

“I never had marriage as a goal. I thought ‘maybe I have got it all wrong and I should go for it. Maybe I should do what most of the world do. It works for them’. Now, I am going to stick to my previous view. I don’t think marriage is for me”

– Singer Kylie Minogue.