The only time I did not know how to be, physically, was when I lost a lot of weight. That was the only time I didn't understand my body.

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.

The past is a place of learning, not a place of living.

I know you . . .That you hold insideVast possibilities and dreamsAnd limitless love.

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.

Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.

All you have to do is buy cheap and sell dear, act with thrift and shrewdness, and be persistent.

I was an altar boy. My mother wanted me to be a priest. I am very Christian and Catholic. ... I'm very faithful. I believe in God, in Jesus Christ.

I like drama as well. When I played Hamlet, I got one review that said, "This must surely be the funniest Hamlet in history," but schoolgirls would still cry when he died.

I'm a small person put in this big chair.

The more heart, the more sorrow.