The Observer's faces of 2012
Headline makers of the past year talk about the highs and lows
of their time in the spotlight
Who do you think were the faces of 2012?
Nick Grimshaw: 'I can't bear the early mornings'
Mo Farah, Jonnie Peacock and Nicola Adams: 'If you have the belief you can do it'
Philippa Boardman: 'Every day I wear purple'
Laurence Pieau: 'I did my job as a journalist'
Samantha Brick: 'We are all taught false modesty'
Amore: 'The cold and the wet didn't seem to matter'
EL James: 'One minute I'm in Madrid, the next I'm eating chips in Ikea'
Cait Reilly: 'I don't think I'm above Poundland'
Sam Mendes: 'I did Skyfall to wake myself up. It has certainly done that'
Karin Ward: 'I'm not angry at Jimmy Savile now'
Uggie: 'He likes to fly first class'
David Harewood: 'For me, Homeland has been a second birth'
