Tim Burton

 

Birth is the most shocking thing that can happen to anybody. I’ve seen plenty of horror movies, but this about tops it.’
Tim Burton, director, on his new-born son, 2004

Paul Burrell

 

‘I wasn’t a butler. I was a personal friend. A confidant.’
Paul Burrell describing his relationship with the Princess of Wales, 2004

 

 

 

 

Matthew Broderick

 

‘I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don’t want any of the other stuff.’
Matthew Broderick, 2004

Bono

 

‘I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.’
Bono on why he would never run for US President, 2004

Rabbi Lionel Blue

‘A joke on the printed page bears as much relation to laughter as a recipe does to a meal. It only comes to life when it goes through a human being.’
Broadcaster Rabbi Lionel Blue, 2004

David Blunkett

 

‘You wake up and hear Shipman has topped himself. And you think, is it too early to open a bottle? Then you discover everybody’s really upset. You have to be very cautious in this job.’
David Blunkett, Labour MP, 2004

Professor Stephen Bloom

 

‘I think human beings are actually designed to get fat.’
Professor Stephen Bloom of Imperial College London and Hammersmith Hospital, 2004

Cilla Black

‘It’s true. I am old. I’m a pensioner and, to be honest, I think like a pensioner now.’
Cilla Black, 2004