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It's hard to describe yourself as a hero - I just like to think of myself as a policeman. People can look to you like that, as a good guy who can help people.

I don't have heroes, exactly, but I do have people I hold in high respect. Ronald Reagan, for example, stood for ideals that I value: integrity, patriotism and a fundamental belief in goodness and capabilities of mankind.

I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that.

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

There are a lot of people I look up to and respect, but there's nobody really specific I would call a hero.

I've probably got lots of heroes. One is a chap called Charles Campbell - he is a wonderful chap. We cooked together in a nightclub in Notting Hill. He told me brilliant stories of food and life and generally put me on the right track.

Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.

I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.

People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes.