Colin Salmon I liked ‘Z Cars’ – just hearing the music got me going! ‘Coronation Street’ was massive in our house. My mum used to say Ena Sharples reminded her of Gran, which she wouldn’t have been happy to hear! – Colin Salmon Cars Quotes Coronation Quotes Ena Quotes Gran Quotes Happy Quotes Hear Quotes Hearing Quotes House Quotes Massive Quotes Mum Quotes Music Quotes Reminded Quotes Sharples Quotes Street Quotes I started to watch ‘Play for Today’ and plays like ‘Cathy Come Home,’ and Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Billy’ trilogy in the 1980s, which took us into the world of the Belfast family. As a kid in Luton, how was I ever going to know that world otherwise? It’s fantastic that ‘Strictly’ is beating ‘The X Factor’ for many reasons – but one of the main reasons is I think it’s a fantastic piece of variety television. It is live, varied TV whereby we are really hanging ourselves out by the seam of our pants.
Anton Corbijn My first pictures are from 1972, and my first proper camera dates back to 1973. During the first year I used my father’s camera. It had a flash on it, which I don’t like, but I didn’t know anything about photography back then, so it was just what I did. – Anton Corbijn
Jackie Fuchs People who know me as a hard-core rocker who positively despises musicals might be surprised to find that I am a huge fan of opera. – Jackie Fuchs
Jasmin Bhasin You can pair me up with anybody but that’s not a nice thing to do. I should also be comfortable to make male friends. – Jasmin Bhasin
Sofia Helin In the 70s Sweden was innocent, but we’ve lost that. Society has become less idealistic and everything is about how much money you have in your wallet. – Sofia Helin
Pierre Beaumarchais As long as I don’t write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything. – Pierre Beaumarchais
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