Celebrity quotes

1 JODIE WHITTAKER

“No one is going to suggest the role of Doctor Who is paid less because you’re a woman, and they didn’t.”

2 BONNIE TYLER

“I was just lucky that I had a No 1 at the time.” (on how it felt to be featured on the first Now pop compilation)

3 ANTHONY HEAD

“When you’re asked to do something that is a classic British bastion, you say ‘Yes!’” (on starring in The Archers)

4 EDDIE IZZARD

“If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan.”

5 SIMON PEGG

“Tom Cruise will literally put his life on the line to deliver something no one else does. I care about my job, but I don’t know if I care that much.”

6 RULA LENSKA

“We need more female writers writing better parts for older ladies.” (on rejoining Corrie)

7 ROBSON GREEN

“I’ve worked with people who look like they’ve been shot out of a cannon.” (on cosmetic surgery)

8 JO BRAND

“You know it’s time to lose weight when you step on a talking scale and it says, ‘One at a time, please’.”

9 SUE JOHNSTON

“Some of my friends have Botox. I think they look like ducks.”

10 ED MILIBAND

“If I can’t handle a bacon sandwich then I don’t think I can handle a flat tyre.” (former Labour leader admits he couldn’t change a tyre)