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

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.

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

I'm known among my friends for saying things I probably shouldn't sometimes, but I have to get things out in the air.

What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life?

I can still bring into my body the joy I felt at seeing the first trillium of spring, which seemed to be telling me, "Never give up hope, spring will come.

Your strength as a rationalist is your ability to be more confused by fiction than by reality. If you are equally good at explaining any outcome, you have zero knowledge.

When you think of couponing, you picture a mom cutting coupons out of the back of the newspaper.

There have been a few moments when I have known complete satisfaction, but only a few. I have rarely been free from the disturbing realization that my playing might have been better.

I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.

I'm a woofer, not a tweeter; a writer, not a telegrapher; an essayist, not an aphorist.

Individual self-transcendence collectively inspires humanity at large.

Acting is collaborative because you are working with another actor, and it's almost like a two-man juggling team. You have to really be in sync.

Under pressure, you can win with your mind.