THEY SAID WHAT?

“I felt like I was almost drowning.

“Like I was going under water and I just needed to come up for air.

“Like I was in a river being pulled in a current. “Unable to breathe”

- Singer Avril Lavigne recalling her early career as “the worst years” of her life.

“Every time you make a film you are scared, but you should never let fear concern you because you should be scared.

“Being scared is the best motivational tool you can have” - Film director Sir Peter Jackson, who has been awarded a Blue Peter gold badge.

“I pulled the plug on it. I got fed up with it. It was time to quit. Just like all the other stuff” - Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards who has cut down on his drinking.

“I’ve been ghosted more times than I care to admit.

“There are times when I’ve been on dates and thought we had a great time and then I’ve never heard from the guy again”

- Actress Lily Collins.

“It is completely untrue that I did it in order to raise awareness for autism. “I did it for the money” - Anne Hegerty, a star of TV quiz show The Chase, explains why she appeared on I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here.

“One of my goals for 2019 is to understand UK politics. But it’s a struggle: I read and read and try and learn, but my brain cannot grasp it” - US model Chrissie Teigen.

“I would put free whisky fountains on every street corner” - Top chef Michel Roux Jr on what he would do if he were mayor of London for a day.

“I never throw a hat on the bed ... unless it is followed by panty-hose and a bra” - Veteran singer Engelbert Humperdinck, 82, discussing his superstitions.

“When I do a play, it’s like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months” - Actor Bill Nighy.

“It’s just unusual for people to be so tactile and not to think you are coming on to them - it’s the job and dancers are used to it but perhaps other people get the wrong idea” - Dame Darcey Bussell, a Strictly Come Dancing judge, on the so-called Strictly curse.