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Joanna Lumley quotes: You can't be vain as an actor. In 'Ab Fab,' we were made up as old women with bald wigs and jowly necks, and we looked fantastic.

You can't be vain as an actor. In 'Ab Fab,' we were made up as old women with bald wigs and jowly necks, and we looked fantastic.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.

I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.

Joanna Lumley quotes: Giraffes are completely tranquil - they have no predators as adults because there's not an animal in the jungle stupid enough to go for them.

Giraffes are completely tranquil - they have no predators as adults because there's not an animal in the jungle stupid enough to go for them.

Joanna Lumley quotes: NASA space scientists have been studying giraffe skin so they can apply what they learn from it to the construction of spacesuits.

NASA space scientists have been studying giraffe skin so they can apply what they learn from it to the construction of spacesuits.

Joanna Lumley quotes: To be a judge you don't have to know about books, you have to be skilled at picking shrapnel out of your head.

To be a judge you don't have to know about books, you have to be skilled at picking shrapnel out of your head.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I could never go into politics, because I'm far too impatient and I'd want to be a dictator, albeit a benevolent one ... I would hope.

I could never go into politics, because I'm far too impatient and I'd want to be a dictator, albeit a benevolent one ... I would hope.

Joanna Lumley quotes: The press have given me affairs I've never had and killed a few I did have. After a while, you learn.

The press have given me affairs I've never had and killed a few I did have. After a while, you learn.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I love a cardboard coffin. Both Mummy and Daddy went off in cardboard coffins, painted - Daddy's was rifle green. Beautifully made.

I love a cardboard coffin. Both Mummy and Daddy went off in cardboard coffins, painted - Daddy's was rifle green. Beautifully made.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I think handbags, not so much clothes anymore, but I think you can tell a fashion victim by their handbag.

I think handbags, not so much clothes anymore, but I think you can tell a fashion victim by their handbag.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I'm not terribly good at three-page recipes - I tend to skip bits - or anything that involves marinating things in juniper berries.

I'm not terribly good at three-page recipes - I tend to skip bits - or anything that involves marinating things in juniper berries.

Joanna Lumley quotes: It's not often you get to hang out with someone you're really intrigued by. So when Will.i.am invited me to visit him at home, I couldn't resist.

It's not often you get to hang out with someone you're really intrigued by. So when Will.i.am invited me to visit him at home, I couldn't resist.

Joanna Lumley quotes: There is something so quiet and so industrious, something so Viking about the Scots.

There is something so quiet and so industrious, something so Viking about the Scots.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I prefer not to eat food that has a face.

I prefer not to eat food that has a face.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I cut the labels out of my clothes because they scratch. Clothes are just little workhorses, aren't they?

I cut the labels out of my clothes because they scratch. Clothes are just little workhorses, aren't they?

Joanna Lumley quotes: I admire politicians. It is a really tough assignment, and I would fall at the first fence.

I admire politicians. It is a really tough assignment, and I would fall at the first fence.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I'm very good at getting up in the morning - so much of my life has been spent on film sets where we start at the crack of dawn.

I'm very good at getting up in the morning - so much of my life has been spent on film sets where we start at the crack of dawn.

Joanna Lumley quotes: Nobody tells you Rwanda looks like Tuscany with its tiled roofs.

Nobody tells you Rwanda looks like Tuscany with its tiled roofs.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I've never felt the constraints of social acceptability.

I've never felt the constraints of social acceptability.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I find it a great antidote ... lipstick and mirrors and hairspray.

I find it a great antidote ... lipstick and mirrors and hairspray.

Joanna Lumley quotes: Sure, good things can go badly wrong. Nevertheless, there's always another day.

Sure, good things can go badly wrong. Nevertheless, there's always another day.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I'm three quarters Scottish, but I sound English. I don't really see British as a race.

I'm three quarters Scottish, but I sound English. I don't really see British as a race.

Joanna Lumley quotes: My grandmother is a famous atlas.

My grandmother is a famous atlas.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I'm aware of my body.

I'm aware of my body.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I've always used my hair for whatever it is needed for. I had it an inch long and jet black for a Pinter play I did. Changes you completely.

I've always used my hair for whatever it is needed for. I had it an inch long and jet black for a Pinter play I did. Changes you completely.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I've been given this blessing, which is my granddaughter. You're no longer just you. You suddenly fit into the chest of drawers of life.

I've been given this blessing, which is my granddaughter. You're no longer just you. You suddenly fit into the chest of drawers of life.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I cut my hair myself and colour it. I know everybody in the hairdressing business despairs of me, but it's so much easier to do it yourself.

I cut my hair myself and colour it. I know everybody in the hairdressing business despairs of me, but it's so much easier to do it yourself.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I don't think men are that attracted by glamour. I think women are attracted by glamour. I think men are attracted by a sense of friendship.

I don't think men are that attracted by glamour. I think women are attracted by glamour. I think men are attracted by a sense of friendship.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I have a toy giraffe on my bed. I've got photographs over my desk as well as a mask of a giraffe in my kitchen. I am totally hooked.

I have a toy giraffe on my bed. I've got photographs over my desk as well as a mask of a giraffe in my kitchen. I am totally hooked.

Joanna Lumley quotes: When you're young, you think life is forever, but it's finite. I'm 68, so even by the maddest measurements, I'm in the last bit of life.

When you're young, you think life is forever, but it's finite. I'm 68, so even by the maddest measurements, I'm in the last bit of life.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym.

I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I am mean as cats' meat about handbags: mine don't ever look chic. I always prefer bags that aren't made of leather.

I am mean as cats' meat about handbags: mine don't ever look chic. I always prefer bags that aren't made of leather.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I'm a pathetic haggler and often give more than the original price out of a misplaced sense of duty.

I'm a pathetic haggler and often give more than the original price out of a misplaced sense of duty.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I would do anything to keep looking the job. I think you make an extra effort if you're on show.

I would do anything to keep looking the job. I think you make an extra effort if you're on show.

Joanna Lumley quotes: Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room.

Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I switch off lights like a maniac. I drive at reasonable speeds so that I don't waste petrol.

I switch off lights like a maniac. I drive at reasonable speeds so that I don't waste petrol.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I don't feel like I am 66 at all. I feel more like I am 35. But I have a bus pass so it must be true.

I don't feel like I am 66 at all. I feel more like I am 35. But I have a bus pass so it must be true.

Joanna Lumley quotes: All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that, it virtually rules out everything else.

All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that, it virtually rules out everything else.

Joanna Lumley quotes: If your family loves you, you're fine. What you can't grow up without is love.

If your family loves you, you're fine. What you can't grow up without is love.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I can't cut out a piece of cloth and make a lovely dress, but I can mend tears in shirts and sew on buttons.

I can't cut out a piece of cloth and make a lovely dress, but I can mend tears in shirts and sew on buttons.

Joanna Lumley quotes: In Kenya you've got the great birds and monkeys leaping through the trees overhead. It's a chance to remember what the world is really like.

In Kenya you've got the great birds and monkeys leaping through the trees overhead. It's a chance to remember what the world is really like.

Joanna Lumley quotes: It's an incredibly difficult thing to bring a giraffe down. They can kill a lion with a single blow from their feet.

It's an incredibly difficult thing to bring a giraffe down. They can kill a lion with a single blow from their feet.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I can't see any difference in having your hair dyed, your teeth fixed, your nose done, or your face smoothed out or lifted.

I can't see any difference in having your hair dyed, your teeth fixed, your nose done, or your face smoothed out or lifted.

Joanna Lumley quotes: My great-great-great uncle - or maybe it's only two 'greats' - crossbred the first Aberdeen Angus.

My great-great-great uncle - or maybe it's only two 'greats' - crossbred the first Aberdeen Angus.

Joanna Lumley quotes: Buy an atlas and keep it by the bed - remember you can go anywhere.

Buy an atlas and keep it by the bed - remember you can go anywhere.

Joanna Lumley quotes: If you haven't understood that if you are born you die, you scarcely deserve to be able to be alive.

If you haven't understood that if you are born you die, you scarcely deserve to be able to be alive.

Joanna Lumley quotes: That's the staggering, humorous thing about money. If you haven't got taste, money doesn't matter: You'll always look ghastly.

That's the staggering, humorous thing about money. If you haven't got taste, money doesn't matter: You'll always look ghastly.

Joanna Lumley quotes: I am blessed beyond the realms of blessedness, and easily the greatest pleasure is giving it away

I am blessed beyond the realms of blessedness, and easily the greatest pleasure is giving it away

Joanna Lumley quotes: If the Gurkhas can't live in Britain, then I don't want to, either.

If the Gurkhas can't live in Britain, then I don't want to, either.

Joanna Lumley quotes: As soon as you reach a certain age, you're thrown onto a kind of mental scrap heap.

As soon as you reach a certain age, you're thrown onto a kind of mental scrap heap.

Joanna Lumley quotes: Film work is hard work. It's long days, and quite often quite dismaying locations you have to be in.

Film work is hard work. It's long days, and quite often quite dismaying locations you have to be in.