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" I know what it's like to struggle for cash. When I went to drama school, I worked as a chambermaid to make ends meet. "

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" I watch schlock telly. Like the 'Kardashians.' I love it. It's my guilty pleasure. "

" I'm constantly astounded by how amazing women are. And as we go through all these different stages of life as long as you share them with others and say, 'Well, this is bloody weird', you can get through everything. "

" Turn up your radio. Watch lots of telly and eat loads of choc. Feel guilty. Stay up all night. Learn everything in six hours that has taken you two years to compile. That's how I did it. "

" Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it. "

" I think of myself now as a writer, although I wouldn't go as far as to say 'novelist' because that sounds like a Victorian person. "

" Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about? "

" I love it when somebody makes me laugh - it's what attracts me to people. "

" That's the awful thing about dating. Tight underwear. We would all like to be in a big bra and pants and when you are in a secure relationship you can do that. "

" Why would anyone want to be called a size zero or even aspire to being a zero? I don't even understand the thinking behind it, let alone the practicalities. What is all that about? "

" When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy. "

" 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. "

" I am a rubbish flirt. "

" I have had the unfortunate experience of having someone write an unauthorised biography of me. Half of it is lies and the other half is badly written. My feeling is that if I'm going to write my life story, I ought to have my life first. "

" It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon. "

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

" The theatre is one of those muscles - if you don't exercise it, it becomes a strange and truly fearful place. "

" I'll always be a fat girl and I am happy with that. "

" 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. "

" I am not, I repeat, NOT a lesbian - even though I'd like to be one when I grow up. "

" Turning 50 can be difficult, sometimes dangerous, for women. The danger is in that blip that can come from the fact that you become invisible, and if you're not careful and don't embrace that, it can trip you up and you lose confidence. "

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

" I haven't really ever had to audition for anything. "

" I do think you are supposed to go through wars with your child because otherwise the tearing apart that has to happen when they go off to lead their own life would be unbearable. "

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

" That's the weird thing about not being married - you can't get regular kissing; you can't be guaranteed of it, and that's a great shame. "

" 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. "

" Theatre outings are my favourite thing to spend money on. The most influential play I saw was 'Bent,' which starred Ian McKellen. And I loved the original performance of 'The Rocky Horror Show,' with Richard O'Brien and Tim Curry at the Royal Court, when I was about 15. "

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

" For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all. "

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