My best friend is the most important girl, outside of family, to me. I met her when I went to college and we bonded immediately. I'd do anything for her at any time. We phone each other every day.

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.

Life is about trust. Nothing happens until you take a step out. The universe gives nothing to those who do not trust.

Usually it takes a bottle of Bacardi and a gallon of Coke to get John out of his seat.

Wisdom is an artful method—a skillful, tactical, fair, and diplomatic use of knowledge.

I don't feel like I am 66 at all. I feel more like I am 35. But I have a bus pass so it must be true.

The camera’s not a camera, really. It’s an open door we need to walk through. It’s up to us to keep moving our feet.

Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it befits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God.

You have to remember everything you've created. But then comes a moment when it's all automatic pilot, where it all comes together and you don't have to think about it any more.

I put heavy emphasis on the characters.

A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.

I like to direct landscapes just as I like to direct actors and animals.