Other than my memory being a bit woolly and my knees being a bit creaky, I don't really think there's anything I can't do.

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.

In my experience, stress is the cause of all injury and pain.

My books, my paradise!

Truth is such a rare thing it is delightful to tell it,

The more things we can laugh about, the more alive we become: The more things we can laugh about together, the more connected we become.

At the end of the day, there are a hell of a lot of notes being played out there and I defy the average middle-American or the average punter to differentiate between them.

I think perception is important.

How wrong are those simpletons, of whom the world is full, who look more at... color than at the figures which show spirit and movement.

My dad read the Bible ten times, and I want to do it in my lifetime. But it's definitely tough getting through.

Come into the silence of solitude, and the vibration there will talk to you through the voice of God.

Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow.