Western Morning News (Saturday)
The things they say
“I have this feeling of embracing everything now, grabbing everything that life has to offer with open arms”
– TV presenter Julia Bradbury on her feelings following her breast cancer diagnosis. “She did talk about trying it again later when she got home and I was a bit worried that may not be the best idea!”
– National Theatre artistic director Rufus Norris after letting the Duchess of Cornwall smash prop plates on a visit. “I think hosts now going forward are definitely going to be checking themselves every time they write a joke for their monologues thinking that that’s happened”
– Jack Whitehall on the Will Smith/Chris Rock Oscars incident. “I think it’s a real escape for them, especially in this time, when every news story seems to be more depressing than the last. This is a movie that just takes you in its arms and embraces you and gives you a little bit of a reprieve”
– Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Cora Crawley in Downton Abbey,
on the period drama’s appeal. “I’m maybe the last person that doesn’t own a computer... I had a small record label with a guy named Jude Cole. After work I’d say, ‘You want to get a drink?’ and he’d be like, ‘Oh, man, I’ve got 100 emails to answer.’ Once I heard that, I never wanted a computer”
– Actor Kiefer Sutherland on
avoiding computers. “The only thing I disagree with the Queen on - probably one of the only things ever - is that I think she should have said ‘If that’s your choice, fine. But you no longer have titles, you know”’
– Donald Trump calls for the Queen to strip the Duke and Duchess of Sussex of their titles.