Quotes from Emma Weymouth

It's exciting to hear lions roaring deeply at 11 P. M. at night. It's mad.

If I'm in London I might meet with the fashion brands I work with or be at Vogue, where I'm a contributor.

I gave up ballet when I was four because I was so shy.

While I'm very into fitness, I'm much more used to swinging kettlebells around than my actual body.

My race was never talked about until I married into this family.

I absolutely love watching 'Strictly' every weekend and I can't believe that I'm getting the chance to be on this series.

I feel like having children - and the illness I had when I was pregnant - is probably more important than anything else to the person I am now. I'm massively aware of how we can take everything for granted - how fragile life is.

Oh no, I would never presume to give anyone advice, I would not be so bold.

I've been lucky that I haven't encountered much adversity growing up in London and having friends from all different backgrounds.

Inclusiveness is about freedom and fairness.

I auditioned for everything. It was daily, relentless. Independent films, chewing gum commercials, television shows.

I have long held the ambition of my own TV chef programme.

I do believe in fate - I think you have to. It helps make sense of things.

I really enjoyed being pregnant up until the point when the terrifying pains began.

I went to hospital and they gave me an MRI scan and thought it was a non-cancerous tumour, because I had bled in my pituitary gland. It was very painful, so they ended up delivering John early. That whole process was terrifying. All I cared about was John.

Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would be living in a safari park!

There is no textbook guide to family life. You just have to try to find a way through it.

I got called back for 'Game Of Thrones,' and they nearly cast me.

When you fall in love and get married you're excited just to be in love and getting married.

I was taken aback by the amount of interest, due to my colour, that exploded when we got engaged. It has developed into a good conversation which has changed the way Britain is adapting. I am glad to be part of that, though I didn't do it on purpose! I just happened to fall in love.

I have two boys with Nigerian heritage and that's the most important thing but race shouldn't define you. You just have to have a thick skin.

Whatever I've done, if it's to represent something, to move something forward, if that's how it's being put, I'm thrilled. But it's really about our children's generation. They're three and one. Can you imagine, when they're in their 30s, what things will be like?

I wouldn't have liked to have gone to boarding school, but for boys it's different. Boys can thrive at boarding school. I assume they really love it.

It has been my ambition, for some time, to bring the heart of the house back to life. 'Emma's Kitchen' is the result of that ambition - a space for me to share my passion and some of my favourite recipes.