Diana Quick Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“My father was a very warm, gregarious, sociable person who had many interests. He lived his life very much in the present, full of activities and the next project. He had many hobbies. He was not given to retrospection.”

“When Mary arrived, I felt a mixture of emotions, including panic and overwhelming love. I felt a great sense of responsibility, not just towards my child but also towards her father. There have been many influences on my life, but that thing of finally becoming a family person was the greatest.”

“I always take an Alastair Sawday guide. I stayed in three or four places in India that they had recommended, and every one of them was wonderful.”

“I did a couple of sketch shows with Mike Palin and Terry Jones... and then I got hired by Granada to do a weekly topical show.”

“I'm an actress, not a celebrity.”

“It's always been fun for me to play a variety of parts, and over the years, I've been lucky with the things I've been asked to do.”

“'The Discovery of France' by Graham Robb is teaching me lots about a country I've long loved but realise I didn't really know.”

“What was I like in 1966? I was 19 years old, very confident, and life was a big adventure.”

“If you try to live as well as you can, then hopefully your face will reflect that. But it's unfair that we put so much pressure on women to look good and then give them so much stick when they go under the knife to achieve this.”

“My parents liked to go dancing, and they encouraged all of us to bring our friends home. My brother had a skiffle group, and there would often be dancing in the house. And my parents would come and dance with us.”