72 Quotes by Ashley Jensen

I don't even think places like the National Youth Theatre (NYT) are necessarily about wanting to be an actor when you grow up. They're about meeting people from different backgrounds and different religions and different cultures, and mixing with people that you wouldn't ordinarily meet.

As a child, I always chose a false nose and some face paint and a wig for my birthday.

My mum Margaret was a single parent, but though life was a bit of a struggle she gave me every encouragement.

I still giggle when someone asks for my address and I say, 'Hollywood, Los Angeles.'

It means I wake up to sunshine every morning, and I can afford to drink better wine at night. But I haven't completely sold out to Hollywood.

I think because I did become a well-known face in my thirties and not in my twenties, I was pretty settled in my boots and I knew who I was. And I think there's a sort of Scottish thing, too, where you don't take yourself too seriously, and you don't get carried away with your own sense of self-importance.

There's just no place like Scotland when the sun is out. I just love coming home.

I was Lady Gaga way before her time. I had a wee kettle for a handbag. Didn't everyone, at some point? One of the teachers used to call me Dame Flora Robson because I had this big, long Victorian skirt. And I wore a Peruvian hat. It was the 1980s - people were wearing lots of lace.

I get quite excited about things other people have worn. I went through a phase as a student when I wore a lot of 1940s tea dresses.