When my father died in my arms it had such a profound affect on me that at that very moment when my dad passed I realized that I needed to face my own fears.

The moment my doctor told me I went silent. My mum and dad were with me then we all went to pieces. I was saying No I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane.

Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

That's what acting is - it's about... having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives.

Courage! I have shown it for years think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

And I love that even in the toughest moments when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom and courage and grace.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.