I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am.

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.

It was my father who taught me to value myself.

I want to do something where I play Judi Dench's younger sister or daughter.

Funny how women are ashamed of their inner fairy whereas men are forever proudly displaying their inner cowboy or fireman

In actual life I am a grumpy old bag.

It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.

The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero.

I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.

Any people whose lives are about the way they look, whether it's fat or thin, are in a dangerous area.

I've never disliked myself, and my weight has had nothing to do with my self-esteem.

Just as trees need roots in the earth, man is also a tree and needs roots in existence or else he will live a very unintelligent life.

Be ambitious, Spend time wanting, pursuing, wishing. Chase things with passion. Dream but never let the chase diminish what you already have.

The very pink of perfection.

There is no one who cannot be hated, against whatever odds. Nor anyone who cannot be loved, against all reason.

My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

Baseball can build you up to the sky one day and the next day you have to climb a stepladder to look up at a snake.

They pass peaceful lives who ignore mine and thine.

Being a family in general is a comedy of errors.

I wish I could sing or play an instrument.