80 Quotes by Sally Phillips

What having a Down’s syndrome child isn’t – and I feel very strongly about this – is a tragedy. All those pregnancy books you read when you are expecting refer to Down’s syndrome as if it were the worst possible outcome, and it’s not.

My blood runs cold when I hear the ‘great news’ that we have found a marker for the Down’s syndrome gene, which means we can identify it more easily. Why is that good news? It’s only good news if you’re going to terminate.

I’m feeling incredibly Botox-tempted as my face collapses around my shoulders.

My mum’s from Yorkshire and my parents aren’t snotty or posh – they’re very hard workers, both of them.

Once you have a Down’s syndrome child, you can’t conform. In a way, you’re free.

I think everyone is forgetting what plastic surgery is for – if you have a face-eating tumour, lose a breast or are involved in a car accident, then it’s a good idea.

I’m sorry to say I’m very lizard-like. My skin is dry, so covering my face in greasy antioxidants is a better alternative.

One year you go in for auditions, and everybody thinks you’re the queen of comedy, and the next year, you’re so ‘yesterday,’ and it’s not because you’ve done anything, or your ability has changed; you haven’t been in work because you’ve been putting on weight and then trying to lose it.

I have a lot of funny friends, though not everyone’s funny all the time. Doon Mackichan’s my funniest friend in the pub; Nina Conti’s the funniest with a monkey.