From the Archives: Five Decades (1990s)- Peter Elliott

At school I'd always thought that actors were laughable, and a bit up themselves…

– Peter Elliott on what he thought of actors as a youngster

It didn't have a message ... It just basically picked up the times and portrayed them, perhaps slightly more exaggerated than they were; but not by much, I have to say.

– Peter Elliott on soap Gloss

If it happened on Shortland Street, you were pretty well certain it was going to happen sooner or later, a couple of days later.

– Host Andrew Shaw on the so-called 'Shortland Street curse'