Fiona Bruce

“I saw 'The Theory of Everything,' which I loved, but I'm afraid I hardly ever get to go to the cinema.”

“I wouldn't consider cosmetic surgery.”

“Well, not everyone wants to lead the kind of life I lead.”

“Have I ever presented a programme I don't watch? Well, I've done loads of programmes that no one else watched!”

“In my twenties, I was virulently opposed to anyone commenting on my appearance, lest it come at the expense of my ability.”

“Coming to Rajasthan had been my idea, my dream. In the weeks before we arrived, I had tried and failed on numerous occasions to enthuse my family with the joys of travel in India; reading bits from the guidebooks, telling the children about the history of the Mughals, insisting to my daughter that she really would enjoy curry if it was in India.”

“The best thing, on 'Question Time,' is when the reality confronts the rhetoric.”

“I backpacked around Thailand when I was a university student and have wanted to return ever since.”

“When I started in news on the 'Six O'Clock,' I was 36 and felt very inexperienced.”

“I love 'The Master And Margarita' by Mikhail Bulgakov, which is about repression in Soviet Russia in the 1930s.”

“I think of myself as a journalist first and foremost.”

“I don't go into the newsroom and people start salivating. I can't think of anything further from the truth.”

“There is a thing about women, in particular, being endlessly grateful for the opportunities in life, rather than saying, 'I'm here because I'm good.'”

“Of course, I'd love to be regarded as a voice of authority.”

“I love 'Chicago,' I love the musical and the movie and I thought Catherine Zeta-Jones was amazing.”

“When I started presenting I'd get invited to red carpet events and I went to a few premieres. But pretty soon I thought, 'Life's too short.'”

“The thing is, if you come on the 'Roadshow' we are not going to humiliate you. The thing about the 'Antiques Roadshow' is not to humiliate people.”

“I really like sitting down with my daughter to watch programmes like 'Call the Midwife,' '24 hours in A&E,' 'One Born Every Minute' and 'Our Girl.' It's just the two of us, which is really nice.”

“After 'Question Time,' I find my mind is racing. So I try to watch something that's a million miles away from all that, like 'Poldark' or 'Call the Midwife' or 'Derry Girls.'”

“I have a few grey hairs. I dye them. I don't let them show when I'm reading the news.”