10 Celebrity quotes

1 PALOMA FAITH

“For girls and women, the world is still stuck in medieval times.”

2 SIR DAVID JASON

“Marriage is like throwing yourself into a river when you only wanted a drink of water.”

3 CATHY NEWMAN

“Anything alcoholic with bubbles.” (the Channel 4 news presenter on her favourite tipples)

4 GREG DAVIES

“I am delighted to host the Royal Variety Show. It is a role that I am wildly unsuited to and I will no doubt offend a great many people.”

5 GISELE

“When I saw those eyes, I fell in love.” (the model describes her instant connection with actor Tom Brady)

6 BRADLEY COOPER

“He doesn’t return my calls.” (on his dog finding fame in A Star Is Born)

7 JK ROWLING

“I manage to lead a very unnoticed life, which is just the way I like it.”

8 SIR BERNARD INGHAM

“Television’s singular contribution to the modern world is to reduce the average person’s attention span to that of a gnat.”

9 PRUE LEITH

“I love the attention. I like the limelight. Bake Off has given me lots of it.”

10 THEA MUSGRAVE

“My imagination can go to all sorts of places my ears won’t follow,” (the composer Thea Musgrave is still writing at the age of 90, unaffected by hearing loss)