Celebrity quotes

1 ZOE BALL

“I am a crazy mix of elation, wanting to burst into tears, thinking about running away, everything. But mainly thrilled.”

2 GARY BARLOW

“It felt like someone had a hand held tight at my throat.” (on the pain of losing his daughter)

3 JODIE WHITTAKER

“It’s a mistake to think that the only heroes are white men.”

4 JOHN CLEESE

“I’m fed up with the corruption in this country.” (on leaving the UK)

5 JEREMY VINE

“I say goodbye to my wife in the manner of a Japanese fighter pilot in 1943. She’s never sure if I’m going to come back.” (on the dangers of London’s roads for cyclists)

6 DANNY DEVITO

“I am not going to retire. I have never heard of an actor retiring.”

7 PHILLIP SCHOFIELD

“I absolutely hate ageing. I have this sense of so much left to do and see.”

8 RICHARD BRANSON

“Three seconds earlier and we would all certainly have been killed.” (on escape from falling rocks during a charity climb of Mont Blanc)

9 JOHNNY DEPP

“Me, I’m dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest.

10 JULIA ROBERTS

“TV is not for the faint of heart.” (the Hollywood star reflects on small-screen role in Amazon Prime’s Homecoming)