Some people write me off as a bit of a hick from an Essex…

Essex is an amazing county, with its own set of rules. It's a completely different world.

— Denise Van Outen

I look more for something within someone and I don't care where they come from - even Essex!

— Spencer Matthews

My husband hailed from Dagenham; he's an Essex boy. Me myself, I come from Derry City in the northwest of Ireland, so we love…

— Roma Downey

I don't understand 'The Only Way Is Essex' and 'Made in Chelsea': the way they pretend there's no camera. I cannot fathom the attraction.

— Shaun Evans

I had good and bad seasons for Essex. I was a real form player: if I got on a run, I was happy and…

— Nasser Hussain

Thanks to the FedDev Ontario funding we were able to get a number of key initiatives underway to mitigate the potential negative economic impact…

— Sandra Pupatello

I think Essex Man will vote for a Conservative Government.

— Margaret Thatcher

When I was very little, I had an Essex accent.

— Bishop Briggs

I was, by the way - I'm an Essex lad, born and raised in Essex in the U.K.

— Maajid Nawaz

“Essex was just a shadow in the room, the shadow of a thing I wanted, which was itself a shadow of wanting. But it…

— Alexis Hall

I was a mod when I was a kid. I'd be in Italian pencil-leg trousers with those bowling shoes you wear outside and a…

— Stephen Moyer

The whole acting game can sometimes be a bit false, and you meet a lot of people in it for the fame - so…

— Michelle Dockery

My friends adore 'TOWIE' - the TV documentary series, 'The Only Way is Essex.' They like it, I'm afraid, for the most unworthy of…

— Peter York

I'm a proper Essex girl because my family was part of that great exodus from the East End.

— Nicola Walker

He's a very natural chap. The public David Essex is the same as the private one. He's laid-back, charming, funny. There's no side to…

— Tim Rice