Celebrity quotes

1 NIGELLA LAWSON

“I’m quite an anxious person. Drink can really exacerbate that anxiety.”

2 BILL TURNBULL

“I did nine rounds of chemotherapy, which is a bit of a grind to be honest.” (the BBC presenter on his prostate cancer treatment)

3 EMILIA FOX

“At my age I don’t think anyone wants to see me in a state of undress on television. I am much better fully clothed from top to toe.”

4 JODIE WHITTAKER

“Just walking into The Tardis the first time was amazing. I had to go off and have a little cry. I had a real moment.”

5 MICHAEL CAINE

“We were all aware of the casting couch.” (the Get Carter star thinks actresses are safer as a result of #Metoo)

6 CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN

“The wild years are coming. When I’m 62 I’ll be wearing a kaftan. I’ll have eyeliner all over my face. I’ll go nuts.”

7 BERNARD CRIBBINS

“People have paid good money to come and see you be a silly idiot.”

8 VIOLA DAVIS

“People want to make more films about women because it’s the hip thing to do. I don’t want it to be a hip thing, I want it to actually be a change.”

9 TIM VINE

“If you compulsively pun you are called a paronomasiac.”

10 JENNIFER SAUNDERS

“I cannot do confrontation. You know that fight or flight thing? I’m flight.”