Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘I signed on for not being bored, and he overdelivers generally.’ Helen Casey, wife of controversial presidential candidate Peter Casey, on their marriage ‘I thought you had to use the word “dappled” and be impressed with ponds. I didn’t like wildlife and I didn’t like being in nature. I liked being in the swimming pool or else in front of the television with Coco Pops. Stefanie Preissner, writer of TV show Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope, on how as a schoolgirl she didn’t think she could be a writer ‘I just thought Hugh was a bit annoying, too goodlooking and a bit posh. I was right about all of those things but he was also very good.’ Richard Curtis, director, on why he wanted to cast Alan Rickman instead of Hugh Grant in Four Weddings And A Funeral ‘I got married very young but it wasn’t power for me – it was protection.’ Nicole Kidman, says marriage to Tom Cruise saved her from sexual harassment in Hollywood ‘Don’t you think it’s weird that the prince kisses Snow White without her permission?’ Kristen Bell, actress who played Anna in Frozen, with her PC take on a fairytale ‘There was no falling out, there was just no friendship to begin with.’ Nadine Coyle, on her former band Girls Aloud ‘When I was a teenager I’d say, “What do you know anyway?” and then when I grew up I realised,

“Yeah, quite a lot.” ’ Lucy Hawking, recalls the rows she had as a teenager with her late father, Professor Stephen Hawking