Quotes from Stacey Dooley

One night I will never ever forget is when I was in the thick of a protest. There were nearly one million people outside Parliament. I've never seen anything like it in my life.

As a journalist, I think it's OK to feel - I think there's space for it. It's how you react to those feelings that's important.

I work hard. That's probably one of my only strengths.

I love being in people's houses.

You have to be brave and ask the questions on the tip of your tongue.

Making a documentary about my hometown was always going to be the most difficult topic I had ever covered! No question.

When I was 18, I was working at Luton airport and spending all my money on going out and buying tops. I had no fears, no responsibilities.

I believe, ultimately, there are more goodies than baddies in the world, and you have to remind yourself of that.

Traditional news feels quite sanitised, quite statisticky. We're bombarded with images, but often, you don't see the human stories, or if you do, it's only for 60 seconds, max.

I know some people believe impartiality is key, and it's necessary in some situations, but in others - if something is so fundamentally wrong, why do we have to make out we're impartial?

I'm delighted to be involved with 'Glow Up.' The make-up artists are so impressive and talented.

When I first arrived in Cambodia, I found it very buzzy and very happening. It seemed like quite a cool place, and everyone, tourists and locals, seemed to be in good spirits!

The few pounds we spend for an item of clothing isn't the true cost - the real cost is the millions of gallons of clean water that was used to grow the fabric, or the millions of gallons of fresh water that was polluted with toxic chemicals to dye the clothes.

I like eating everything in sight.

It's daunting doing something you haven't done before - you feel silly; you feel like a bit of an idiot.

You can be aware and educated and informed, but you've got to place emphasis on being compassionate, having empathy and understanding.

There have been scenes and sequences I've done that I watch back now and cringe and think I dealt with that in completely the wrong way. Sometimes I'm too emotional - too invested, in that sense - but you learn, and then you don't do it again.

I'm such a homebody. It's actually quite tragic because, if I'm out for drinks, I'll constantly be thinking about when it's acceptable for me to leave.

I can nod off anywhere. Once, when I was little, I even slept through a car crash.

I think BBC3 gave me my first commissions because I wasn't a middle-class, highbrow journalist. I was able to speak to the contributors on a level that perhaps some journalists don't.

The cha-cha, right from the start... I knew it wasn't my kinda thing.

I'm still hesitant to call myself a journalist. I see myself as a documentary maker who is trusted with hard-hitting current affairs issues.

I feel like no-one likes a sob story. No-one likes to hear Moanie Margaret.

Most evenings I'll light a few candles, get snuggled on the sofa, and read a magazine.