Comedy and drama are less ageist media for women than stuff like light entertainment. But in TV or film, women have to be more pleasing on the eye than men.

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my neighbours.

I always, always want to make people laugh. In every situation. Even when it's inappropriate.

I never used to see anything on TV where the man was in the weaker position. It was always the female showing emotion, breaking down, being emotionally torn apart by men.

I'll cry anywhere because I can do it quite subtly. Walking, that's a good time to have a cry.

Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious.

Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.

I love Sutton House in Clapton, a beautiful example of Tudor architecture.

I'm the person who will go to a wedding and switch the place cards around because I don't want to sit next to someone I don't know, because I'm so bad at chatting to strangers.

Spending way too long worrying about what people think about me is a bad habit.

I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.

What's the reason behind success and failure. The answer is simple ME

When a chap is passionate, the readership can sense it.

If the skill of participatory listening came effortlessly and easy for everyone, there would not be so many misunderstandings, communication breakdowns, irritations, and frustrations.

To complain now would be kind of sad. I like the way things are going.

Frankly, health care and politics are "inextricably intertwined."

Truthfulness itself is almost medication, even when it’s served without advice or insight.

We have to realize we are building a movement.

I've always thought that, in a sense, the more specific and sometimes even the smaller the world of a movie is, the more universal it is.

People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it.

The key to mostly anything is pretending your first time isn't.