Ross kemp

I read a lot of research notes about the countries I visit, and my mum and dad bought me a Kindle, but I'm still getting to grips with it. I prefer paper books.

If you have extremes of haves and have-nots where the gap keeps growing, the have-nots group together and create social disorder, as they can't see a way out of their situation.

I'm an old git now, so I would say this, but television was better when there were less channels. There was more concentration and selection in terms of the output.

I didn't even watch the soaps when I was in them because it's like a coal miner coming home and staring at the coal scuttle - I was never a great lover of watching myself act.

It's an odd feeling, knowing someone is trying to kill you. On the front line, you learn quickly that if you're in the path of a bullet, you will get hit.

War is not cheap, but it's the human cost that's the highest.

When I was an actor, I was part of a team, which I loved. You are a part inside something which is larger.

Some bosses believe they can't afford to employ someone legitimately - so they employ them illegally.

I really enjoy travelling around the world. I get to meet some extraordinary people.

I really hate people who feel their private lives should be paraded, and there are magazines like 'Hello!,' 'OK' and 'Bella' totally devoted to this.