“I think a part of me romantically thinks it would be amazing to learn ...” — Russell Tovey Quote

I think a part of me romantically thinks it would be amazing to learn to dance or ice skate, but in reality, I don't think it would be beneficial to my career.

Being an uncle brings me utter joy.

I'm not a romantic lead. I have sticking-out ears and a little troll nose.

My mum used to think it was the pill that made you gay. There was too much estrogen in the water, and people started taking the pill in the '60s, and it made everybody gay.

The only thing I can give to young gay people is that when I was growing up, there were no role models that were blokey that were men. Everybody was flamboyant and camp, and I remember going, 'That's not me, so even though I think I am gay, I don't think I fit into this world.'

I'm so proud that now you can exist as a gay man and be an Olympian, and it can be beneficial rather than negative. So it's amazing. And I just think I feel so liberated now that I've been out of the closet for a while, and so I'm free in that I just get to be myself, speak freely, act freely, and I think that I am competing confidently.

You didn't choose Christian music because it's more beneficial. It doesn't pay more. It doesn't make you more famous. There's some reason why you came to this. What changed your life at some point?

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

I'm always uncomfortable describing being sacked from 'Blue Peter' as beneficial because it looks like you're glorying in it, which I don't. It's always something I'll regret.