“I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.”
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When I'm filming, survival requires movement. You need your energy, and you've got to eat the bad stuff, and survival food is rarely pretty, but you kind of do it. I get in that zone, and I eat the nasty stuff, but I'm not like that when I'm back home.
Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
Americans are cool if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right.' Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.
I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I've been doing that from a very young age.
