10 Celebrity quotes

1 HUGH LAURIE

“My knees are purely decorative these days.”

2 LEWIS HAMILTON

“Cars are my babies. I used to say, when I had a girlfriend, ‘I’m taking one of the girls out, you can come if you want’.”

3 DEBORAH MEADEN

“I think I’m absolutely perfect. Because if I’m not good at something I completely banish it from my mind. Completely. Like it never happened.”

4 HELEN SKELTON

“I used to write press releases for a door handle company. I used a lot of fluffy phrases like, ‘It’s a fusion of design and functionality’.” (on her worst job had)

5 EDNA O’BRIEN (NOVELIST)

“At 86 I should be putting my feet up, but that ain’t the mathematics of life.”

6 ALASTAIR COOK (CRICKETER)

“Picking my nose and spots when the TV cameras are on me.” (on his worst habits)

7 PENNY LANCASTER

“I used to get called Lady Penelope at school because the other kids thought I spoke nicely.”

8 MEL GIEDROYC

“’80s, pesky, teddy bear.” (on Paul Hollywood)

9 JONATHAN PRYCE

“The only friction between us came when we kissed and her false teeth and my false teeth clashed.” (on playing opposite Madonna in Evita)

10 ANNA KENDRICK (ACTRESS)

“Pale, awkward and very, very small. Form an orderly queue gents!” (on her looks)