83 Quotes by Cherie Lunghi

I’m lucky to have very good genes. My mother was so tiny she was almost bird-like, and my father was tall and lean. Both lived until their early 80s.

I’m pretty good at getting things out of the way, especially paperwork. I hate it sitting about, as it somehow weighs me down.

Sadly, the timing’s never been right. There have been men who would have married me but I didn’t feel the same, and vice versa.

I didn’t get attached to Botox. It is costly, and you have to remember to keep doing it.

I’ve never felt the need to be defined by a man.

I ski every three years or so. I don’t have the ingrained confidence that others do, but I’ll happily toddle about a green or blue run.

I tried Botox, but I don’t want to be hooked on that stuff.

I wear my lines like a soldier wears his medals. They’ve been earned. They’ve been fought for – so there’s no reason to be ashamed of them. In your 50s, you just care less about that sort of thing. I think it’s to do with what’s inside you. You can’t obsess about the outside.

Whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing, the higher your profile, the more castable you are in TV dramas.