David Furnish

I came from a happy family with loving parents, so my associations with marriage and children were all happy, positive things that brought me comfort as a child, which I wanted in my life. ”

I ran away from small-town Canada to London; I ran away from my family because I didn't think I could be the person I was. ”

Animation films are about entertainment and about fun for the whole family, and if you went too far down a dark path, it's not what people, I think, expect from a great animated film. ”

It's interesting how Rod Stewart can father a child at 65, and a straight, single footballer named Cristiano Ronaldo can arrange to have a surrogate have a baby, and neither of them receives any criticism. ”

Knowing your HIV status is so important for your future health and that of your loved ones. ”

I'd spent my twenties trying to be everything to everybody. I had my family, my straight friends, and I was starting to develop a gay circle of friends. I was seeing some men, seeing some women, and trying to sort it all out. ”

If we can make HIV testing a normal part of looking after your health, we can truly envisage an AIDs-free future in the U.K. ”