Quotes from Ross Kemp

It's an odd feeling, knowing someone is trying to kill you. On the front line, you learn quickly that if you're in the path of a bullet, you will get hit.

On my travels around the world, I've met people in countries where democracy doesn't exist and if it does, they are intimidated into voting in a certain way.

I do dream about Afghanistan. I wake up and think I'm still there.

Some bosses believe they can't afford to employ someone legitimately - so they employ them illegally.

War is not cheap, but it's the human cost that's the highest.

A day in Afghanistan is like a week at home.

If I have a weakness, it's for timepieces - if I see one I like and can afford it, I'll buy it.

When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside.

Riots born out of political issues aren't the same as those born out of personal greed.

The welfare system was designed to do something different when it was started than what it does now. It was a safety net to help people get back to work: if they were sick, it would help them get back.

I always get very fit if I'm going away filming for two months in Afghanistan or wherever.

When checking in at an airport, no matter how rude the check-in person is to you, always smile and be nice because you don't know what kind of day they've had. You are going on holiday and they're stuck wherever they are. Be nice to them because they can re-route your baggage to wherever they feel like.

What's always got me is the fact that when people talked on the telly about Iraq, before Afghanistan kicked off, you'd get only these public-school-type army officers talking about what was going on out there. I kept thinking, 'Why don't we get the true voice of the squaddie? Why don't we hear from the lads on the battlefield?'

I don't think you should go into politics until you can stand on your own two feet economically, if possible, and you know enough about the world.

The one thing that I'm absolutely sure about is that the people of Gaza aren't going anywhere. And neither are the people of Israel.

Some people figure that if they're part of a gang then they have less of a chance of being killed, because they are in larger numbers. But the problem with this is that it will lead to people doing stuff that they wouldn't usually do.

There is no such thing as the worst gang because they're all pretty bad. It is very difficult to classify them in terms of who is worse than the other because they all have pretty bad things associated with them.

Many areas of Los Angeles have gang problems.

I think we have always had a fascination for gangs and gangsters, and I think we always will.

I would never ever talk about my own personal life in an interview.

Sunglasses are a bit like watches for me - a real obsession. My favourites are Oakleys, Ray-Bans and Wileys, which are worn by the U.S. military.

I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

People-trafficking is modern day slavery. There are more slaves today than there were at the height of the slave trade.

If you have extremes of haves and have-nots where the gap keeps growing, the have-nots group together and create social disorder, as they can't see a way out of their situation.