“All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and thr...” — Bear Grylls Quote

All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.

Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.

In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.

I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.

I have lived and worked in Britain all my life. Not even in the dark days of penal Labour taxation in the Seventies did I have any intention of leaving the country of my birth.

'Hustle' is wonderfully enjoyable because all my life, I've made an effort to be with people who can make me laugh. That original cast - Marc Warren, Jaime Murray, Robert Glenister and Adrian Lester - are all funny. So I know every day I'll have a few good laughs.

I've lived next door to people all my life. I don't know how cute they think I am.

I'm a proud Republican, I've certainly been a Republican all my life.