People Quotes by Joanna Lumley

10 People quotes by Joanna Lumley

When you think of Joanna Lumley, her witty take on humanity often shines through. This handful of ten lines gives a quick taste of how she frames the quirks and charms of those around us.

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I was involved with the landmines before the Princess of Wales, and nobody gave a damn about people losing their limbs. It…

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I used to go out wearing any old rubbish, no make-up, nothing, but since mobile phones, that has all had to stop.…

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I hate the hand that comes out of a car and just drops litter in the street. I hate that! For some…

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You have to feel more involved than just writing out a cheque. Charity is almost the wrong word - I think people…

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Women are very different to men, and that hasn't been respected. So when people say there's never been a good woman painter…

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In petrol stations on the motorways where people have left the place looking messy, I clear up each lavatory I happen to…

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People have always tut-tutted about actors stepping out of line politically. And I can sort of see it because what you've got…

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I'm a vegetarian, and I long for people to eat less meat, but the thing to do is not to go, 'Eat!…

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I'm terribly taken by the countryside, so I love things like shadows cast by deep woods. I love the autumn. I love…

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There's an appetite for vigour in films. The camera loves a bit of movement. Movement is usually attached to younger people and…

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I never go to the gym - I can't be doing with it. But I run up and down the stairs, wash my feet…

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All the trouble you will cause by not leaving a will. All the heartache! Family feuds are going to happen anyway, so be as…

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I haven't got a very sweet tooth, but I love salted things like nuts. I would have to be dragged in by a lorry…

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I've never been interested enough to have a career trajectory. I've never had any ambition or thought of what I should be doing or…

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

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

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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…

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I think that unless you can take judgments of right and wrong like an automaton, you must have emotions because that is our only…

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You only have one go at life, which is thrilling. Only you can make yourself into who you want to be. Don't blame anybody…

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We transported eight giraffes, and there are now nine because one gave birth to a male shortly afterwards. They carry their pregnancies very well-they…

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

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