I have two boys with Nigerian heritage and that's the most important thing but race shouldn't define you. You just have to have a thick skin.
Emma Weymouth
I'm having my portrait painted, for example, so that will be then put up at Longleat and hopefully stay here for a long time. You become part of a long line that goes back and will hopefully continue. That's what you want. You just want the house to survive, and you do everything you can to maintain it, look after it and support.
Having a baby is the best thing in the world.
I went to hospital and they gave me an MRI scan and thought it was a non-cancerous tumour, because I had bled in my pituitary gland. It was very painful, so they ended up delivering John early. That whole process was terrifying. All I cared about was John.
Making crumble is one of my favourite things in the world - I add oats, berries, honey and cinnamon.
I have long held the ambition of my own TV chef programme.
Pomellato Jewellery makes such timeless pieces. I have a chunky gold bracelet that goes with everything.
Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would be living in a safari park!
Whatever I've done, if it's to represent something, to move something forward, if that's how it's being put, I'm thrilled. But it's really about our children's generation. They're three and one. Can you imagine, when they're in their 30s, what things will be like?
I was made more 'aware of myself,' from the outside in, when I got engaged.
I gave up ballet when I was four because I was so shy.
Do I believe in soulmates? I certainly hope so.
My race was never an issue in my life until C and I got engaged, after that, no one could stop talking about it. I pray for the day when it becomes less remarkable because race does not define you.
While I'm very into fitness, I'm much more used to swinging kettlebells around than my actual body.
I got called back for 'Game Of Thrones,' and they nearly cast me.
I'm not super-easily offended, but it's a problem when someone's making you feel different or separate because of your race.
I have a real passion for food - I love to cook for my family and friends and relish any opportunity to entertain.
I could keep McQuiston, but growing up it was a hard-work surname. Everyone would always ask me to spell it or just get it wrong. I could call myself Emma Weymouth, or maybe I should take the family name and become Emma Thynn.
It's exciting to hear lions roaring deeply at 11 P. M. at night. It's mad.
I would love to keep dancing. Doing 'Strictly' has been so wonderful.
It has been my ambition, for some time, to bring the heart of the house back to life. 'Emma's Kitchen' is the result of that ambition - a space for me to share my passion and some of my favourite recipes.
Just get on with it.' That's a life motto.
I just want to live to see my children grow up.
I really enjoyed being pregnant up until the point when the terrifying pains began.
I'd forgotten how tiny new babies are.
Inclusiveness is about freedom and fairness.
There are so many different ways to make your family. I'm just super-grateful to have my children.
One minute I'm inside this magical glitter bubble, then it's straight back to mum-life. Literally. That is my life!
I did 'Strictly' with my whole heart, my whole soul. I genuinely put everything into it. To be part of it is so amazing.
I feel like having children - and the illness I had when I was pregnant - is probably more important than anything else to the person I am now. I'm massively aware of how we can take everything for granted - how fragile life is.
My race was never talked about until I married into this family.
I absolutely love watching 'Strictly' every weekend and I can't believe that I'm getting the chance to be on this series.
Everyone is just so wonderful at 'Strictly.'
I like the traditional way of doing things.
My mum was very hands-on - she was a brilliant mother - and I think when I have children I will probably be the same.
I do believe in fate - I think you have to. It helps make sense of things.
I'm different to how I used to be but then I think having a baby changes everyone.
You forget everything, nothing else matters once you have a baby.
I'm a London girl.
I wouldn't have liked to have gone to boarding school, but for boys it's different. Boys can thrive at boarding school. I assume they really love it.
I've always, always wanted to present my own food show - one that includes a little bit of lifestyle, too. That's my ultimate goal.
It's unique living in a situation where your house is open to the public and you are part of the attraction - or at least that's what it feels like.
My dad's Nigerian and I grew up in London, and that's just how it is.
There has been some snobbishness, particularly among the much older generation. There's class and then there's the racial thing.
But the more honest you are, the more people open up in return.
So many people struggle to have children and it's not unusual to go down a slightly different path if you need to.
I am so grateful for my boys. They're my entire life.
Oh no, I would never presume to give anyone advice, I would not be so bold.
I auditioned for everything. It was daily, relentless. Independent films, chewing gum commercials, television shows.
I am athletic and I exercise a lot, so I might look like I dance, but I don't.
