Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE FRGSis a British actress, voice-over artist, former model, author and activist. She starred in the British television series Absolutely Fabulous as Patsy Stone, as well as in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, Jam & Jerusalem and Sensitive Skin. In film she has appeared in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Trail of the Pink Panther, and James and the Giant Peach...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth1 May 1946
another-day good-things nevertheless
Sure, good things can go badly wrong. Nevertheless, there's always another day.
mother dog believe
My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration.
fun thinking giving
If you're an enthusiast and you love the world like I do, it comes naturally. But I think charity must become more fun to give, more interactive and imaginative.
blessing granddaughter fit
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.
hard-work long location
Film work is hard work. It's long days, and quite often quite dismaying locations you have to be in.
thinking mind bending
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.
bus being-true feels
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.
thinking men glamour
I dont think men are that attracted by glamour. I think women are attracted by glamour. I think men are attracted by a sense of friendship.
fashion thinking clothes
I think handbags, not so much clothes anymore, but I think you can tell a fashion victim by their handbag.
faces vegetarian
I prefer not to eat food that has a face.
flower animal bird
Learn from nature. Stuff lives and stuff dies all the time, you know. Animals and birds and flowers. Trees come and go, and we come and go. Thats it. So we should all seize life and make the most of what we have while we can.
book skills judging
To be a judge you don't have to know about books, you have to be skilled at picking shrapnel out of your head.
bad badly everybody good looks taking ten
I do not like bad photographs. I don't like to be badly lit. There is a fashion, particularly on stage, for very 'toppy' lighting, which makes a child look 50. Ten o'clock is very good. If someone is taking a picture, you say, 'Lamps at 10 o'clock,' then everybody looks lovely.
quarters sound
I'm three quarters Scottish, but I sound English. I don't really see British as a race.