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. - Richard Bacon

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Oddly, the anti-heroes of both 'The Chill' and veteran comics writer Peter Milligan's 'The Bronx Kill' share a first name, though their occupations and plights couldn't be any more different. - Sarah Weinman

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'The Desolation of Smaug' stands alone as an action/adventure epic movie. It's visually stunning, and the 3D is incredible. Plus, it's directed by Peter Jackson, and he's extraordinary. - Luke Evans

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When you study, as I did, every theatrical beginning in this country, none of them have been greeted well. The Royal Shakespeare Company was a disaster, Peter Hall was a disaster, Richard Eyre was a disaster, Trevor Nunn was always a disaster. - Kevin Spacey

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I'm a huge fan of Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' movies - I went to all three of them on the day they opened and have seen all of them several times since. - John Lanchester

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I never realized until recently how much my life parallels Peter Pan. - Cathy Rigby

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My first ever interview for 'Blue Peter' was a film with JK Rowling. - Konnie Huq

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Every Russian emperor from Peter the Great to Stalin and Putin knows a leader and his security agencies must never be parted. His safety depends on their slavish devotion. - Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Grown-up politicians talk to each other across party lines. Over the last few weeks I have had lengthy conversations with Ed Miliband, David Miliband, with Tony Blair, with Peter Mandelson... talking about Europe, talking about political reform. - Nick Clegg

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Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them. - Terence Stamp

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