Jo Brand Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Even when I wasn't overweight I was never one of those girls or women who wanted to look nice. I always thought it wasn't important.”

“I never think, 'Where am I going to be in a year's time?' That seems to be a sure way of missing the fact that you might be quite happy now.”

“I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes.”

“My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a pool.”

“No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they think it.”

“I've no interest in fashion, shoes, handbags, or sweaty shopping.”

“It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.”

“Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press knows that, on the whole, there is a huge amount of inaccuracy, value judgment and the use of a crowbar to insert editorial bias that reflects the current political leaning of that particular paper.”

“If you're a fat person - and especially if you're a woman - at all stages of your life you'll get abuse for it, so you have to work out a way of dealing with it. The best way is to be humorous about it - that defuses any tension.”

“It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who are stressed, who are unkind, who are a bit rubbish at their job, who are in the wrong career.”