The Honours List is accused of being too top heavy, REWARDING those born with a SILVER spoon in their mouth - as if HEREDITARY titles and accidents of BIRTH are incompatible with democracy. But if you STOP to think about it, what is more democratic than nature?

I really enjoy my philanthropic work, traveling around the WORLD and helping people in need. That's a lot of FUN for me. It's really REWARDING. You're helping people, but it's helping you, too. It puts life in perspective when you COME back and you say, 'Man, it's raining again in MINNESOTA.'

I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding CHALLENGE and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in, what is the pivotal feeling in a SCENE and which CHARACTER's point of view is driving it at any GIVEN MOMENT?

They pollute. It's not because morally they have a PROBLEM, but more because the mechanism now is REWARDING those who CUT corners to SAVE COST.

I've been PASSIONATE about fitness my entire life, and the ABILITY to COMPETE for the 'Tough Enough' crown is TRULY rewarding.

I GOT a LOVELY check today from being a writer that I earned by SITTING at home. That's REWARDING.

The most DIFFICULT and, in some ways, the most rewarding THING I've ever been through was emigrating as a TEENAGER.

I DEFINITELY WANT to go BACK to the theatre. It is hard work, it is repetitive, but it is intensely REWARDING.

That has been one of the best, most rewarding things about being an actor - traveling throughout the world, meeting all KINDS of different PEOPLE and learning about other cultures.

I will say that WALKING down the street, getting on the subway, taking the elevator, if there's one or two PEOPLE and they say, 'Great job, MAYOR,' that is a real turn-on. I mean, anybody that wouldn't find that satisfying, rewarding, exciting, thrilling - I THINK they should see the DOCTOR.