"When my daughter got her diagnosis as being on the autistic spectrum, that was enlightening. More than anything, it helped us understand our family genetics. Back then, there wasn’t much information. You didn’t have a name for things, but we were always very sensory sensitive"

"It’s through my kids that I’ve come to better understand myself and see what else I still need to work on"

"I pride myself on working on myself as often as I can, and I finally reached a place of real self-awareness after I had kids. For example, I’ve always known I was neurodivergent—I have ADHD—but I didn’t fully understand the effects, especially how it ties into anxiety"

"Being a mom is like a passion project that doesn’t stop"

"My kids are like my own dopamine"

"Zakes and I went for many sessions of marriage counselling before tying the knot. Those sessions were very insightful into what married life was like and preparing to make that transition from being someone’s boyfriend or girlfriend into being a wife and husband,"

"A lot of people were surprised about the wedding, but not us and especially not my parents. By the time Zakes proposed, my parents already knew because he asked them for my hand in marriage. So technically I was the last to know."

"Make sure your relationship is between you and the person you love, no one has power over it, no one has a say over it and people will always talk, we were laughing. People will try and break something that’s beautiful, there’s nothing you can do"

"Nobody can outwork her in the industry."

"Her work ethic is incredible"

"Smallwood told CNN Fox has “so many skill sets that contribute to the success of any project.”"

"I mean, she understood the story. quated by (Tonesa Welch)"

"I think that by her being a woman director, it just brought so much,"

"I loved watching some 48 Hours, some Dateline, I love a good whodunit just like everybody else does! Just trying to figure out how that simple piece of hair, or blood drop, or footprint can help solve a crime."

"In Missing, we just kind of caught criminals. We would get them, arrest them, and turn them over. But hosting The Interrogation Room, going behind the scenes, showing how they build a case, how they get confessions, that was all totally new."

"To see how they make someone comfortable enough to confess with their body language, that was the one thing that was the most interesting to me, was how you can tell when the detective goes in for ‘the kill.’ When they (the detective) get comfortable with someone and make them feel like they’re a friend."

"There was a lot of different wonderful elements that we had to tackle and we did. I just thank my amazing cast for coming in and leaving their egos at the door and my crew for working so very hard."

"No shortcuts were taken here from the amount of showing the love story to then the redemption and showing the violence"

"We really had to make sure that we did that accurately because we didn’t want anyone walking away saying ‘Nah, that isn’t how it was. I don’t know if I, I don’t believe this"

"When I found out how inaccurately she was portrayed on [other] series, that was a driving force."

"It breaks my heart purely because I knew some of the people who were actually really suffering and I would be the one sending some money here and there"

"I suppose we also have to remind ourselves of the gift and true celebration of life. Sello… my brother, my friend… I will miss you. I can’t believe I’m saying these words but RIP"

"Again, my hat goes off to the crew and staff who made the experience an effortless joy. Reminded me of why I started acting in the first place. Thank you to @leburugraphy and the whole team for a memorable shoot"

"Never have I been so anxious and excited to see the finished product as I was with this production. The work was grueling but such a pleasure. I really am embarrassed to say I enjoyed every single minute. It felt like a guilty indulgence."

"If it is nothing I need to get myself into emotionally, physically, mentally, psychologically, then I shut it out."

"As much as possible I try not to go on social media. I’ve got a team that goes into that space, so they will tell me what’s happening..."

"Stay true to yourself. When people are trying to be relevant, that’s when things go wrong, so the more authentic you are, the more you are just doing what you’ve been called to do, your destiny and your path on earth, I think that’s when things go into alignment and people resonate with that."

"George was a man of great empathy. In the newsroom he was adored and admired by the team of producers behind the scenes. He was a true team player. He wanted to listen to everyone's opinion and never assumed he was right. A man without ego - unusual in the TV world - he never wanted the story to be about him. And then, suddenly, it was."

"One of my happiest memories of George will forever be his 60th birthday party. All his sisters were there and Fran and their very handsome boys. There was nothing “celebby” about it. It was the people that meant a lot to him, gathered in one place, to celebrate an incredibly important moment – a moment he didn't necessarily think he would live to see. George made a speech, as did the boys, and it was incredibly moving and life affirming all at the same time."

"[On coming to terms with having bowel cancer] I literally got to the point where I listed the pros and cons of everything that had happened to me: leaving Sri Lanka; finding Fran [Frances Robathan, his wife] and falling in love with her at Durham; my career. I added up all of those things and then the bad things that had happened and I just realised in a very visual way, boy, I had had a lot of happiness. There was a lot more in the column of the good things that had happened to me than the shit things that had happened to me. And it was effective. I thought, "Well, let's see what happens." I grew up in a house in Colombo where there was a bucket for a loo and a man came and emptied it out, and I ended up where I am now. It's a good journey, a very good journey. I'm really careful about saying things like this. There are as many ways of dealing with cancer as there are people who have got it, and you've got to find the one that works for you, but for me thinking of things in that way was the key. Ever since, I've been able to deal with — well, some really tough medicine this week, for example. And what is really important is that I love life so much more to the point, I love the people around me so much that I will give it everything I possibly can to hang in there rather than say, "I've had a good life; let bad things happen.""

"It’s important that you become a brand that people can buy into, because your salary isn’t going to cut it."

"You can decide to prioritise your career, but you must be willing to accept that you’ll loose the time that you can be spending with your child."

"A lot of young women are compromising their peace and state-of-mind everyday because of societal pressures, but it’s important to keep your integrity in everything you do."

"The thing is that people will try to overshadow you, especially when they feel intimidated."

"Hit the ground running. You have to network in Nigeria, there is no online structure or platform where you can find presenting jobs and opportunities, it’s really about recommendations and who you know."

"However, I think university can give you a level of structure and confidence, but you should definitely take your time to figure out what you’re passionate about before making a decision."

"For young people who are looking to get into presenting or the entertainment industry, I’d suggest that you take things digital as soon as you can."

"I think Nigerian women are amazing, they are strong, they are so hardworking. I would tell them to keep pushing. We have been suppressed as Nigerian women; we are told to be a good wife. They should try more to celebrate each other and not pitch themselves against each other."

"And just believe that it would get better. You don’t know how strong you are until you literally have to be strong."

"I believe that everyone has two sides – especially when you’re in the spotlight. So there is the brand that must always be prim and proper, but at home with friends and family, believe me..."

"Yes, you can get that job, get married, but at the end of the day, that is not happiness. It is the people around you that make you happy..."

"I think originality is being a fruit loop in a world full of Cheerios."

"You shouldn’t lose your personality once your other half is put in a position of power."

"Nigeria is such an unpredictable place, but I would like to become somebody African youth can identify with."

"Sometimes, life actually happens, and it will teach you that you need to be very grateful."

"Another tip is to be nice to everyone! You can’t be rude to someone on set because you’re the star of the show. It costs nothing to be nice, and that also helps you to build long term relationships with key figures and decision markers within the industry."

"Beauty isn’t what you think I should look like, or what you say I should be. Beauty is simply ME."

"Prove them wrong. Every last one of them."

""I am constantly chasing the next opportunity to create something that adds value”"

"“I have wanted to say these eight words for a very long time, that ‘I am the woman God has shown mercy"."