10 Celebrity quotes

LAURA KENNY

“I have to step on a wet towel in my socks before I race.” (the cyclist reveals her biggest superstition)

CARRIE FISHER

“No matter how I go, I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra.” (the Star Wars actress, who died this week, on being told by director George Lucas that women didn’t wear bras in space)

NIGEL KENNEDY

“I never regret anything apart from eating too many potatoes.”

JILLY COOPER

“They cry all the time, men on TV, don’t they? They are in a very bad state.”

GLENDA JACKSON

“Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward.”

VANESSA FELTZ

“If you preach nothing but misery, war, famine and man’s inhumanity to man, I don’t fancy hanging out with you.”

ALAN DAVIES

“We used to have good-quality books, music, television and cinema. Now we have rubbish across the board.”

OLIVIA WILLIAMS

“The bitchy answer is ‘the business is over-crowded – don’t take away my work’.” (her advice for would-be actors)

SHEILA HANCOCK

“When you get old you get treated with respect. It’s awful.”

10 SIR BERNARD INGHAM

“Never in the field of human endeavour has anyone come to world leadership with fewer credentials and more perilous problems.” (on Donald Trump)