“My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.” ImportantCharacterAbleLife IsBehindsNormalPersonal LifeNormal Life Author:Kelly Reilly
“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.” MeanI CanNightMorningHavensDrinkHollywoodWake UpWineSunshineEvery MorningSold Out Author:Ashley Jensen
“I've reached a point in my life where going to the supermarket is a day out.” Supermarkets Author: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.” PeopleThinkingDifferentCultureActorsGrowsGrowing UpYouthMeetingsTheatreBackgroundsMixingDifferent CulturesDifferent ReligionsDifferent BackgroundsYouth Theatre Author:Ashley Jensen
“I still giggle when someone asks for my address and I say, Hollywood, Los Angeles.” StillsAsksHollywoodAddressesLos AngelesGiggle Author:Ashley Jensen
“I've always been quite thrifty. I can't bear to spend hundreds of pounds on designer clothes. I shop in second-hand shops in Portobello Road and go to Sue Ryder.” I CanHandsBearsClothesDesignerShopsPoundsSecond HandThriftyDesigner ClothesSecond Hand Clothes Author:Ashley Jensen
“I do quite like sightseeing. I like churches, museums, galleries and all that stuff. I love the smell of a church in Italy or the smell of an old greasy spoon somewhere. I like markets and little funny shops in the backstreets of Florence.” LittlesStuffChurchSmellShopsMuseumsGallerySpoonsFlorenceSightseeingBackstreet Author:Ashley Jensen
“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.” ThinkingWellsSelfFacesKnownImportanceTwentiesBootsWell KnownSense Of SelfScottishCarried AwaySelf-importance Author:Ashley Jensen
“I take my hat off to mums who have lots of kids. Anyone that says being a mum isn't a full-time job has obviously never had any.” KidsJobsHatsMumFull Time JobsHats Off Author:Ashley Jensen
“Nobody is more individual than you, so be confident with who you are and what you have to offer because everybody has got things to offer.” IndividualOffersWho You AreBe Confident Author:Ashley Jensen