Possible Quotes by Maureen Lipman

I do have opinions. Fortunately, I neither Twitter nor Facebook. My daughter forbids me to go on social media.

— Maureen Lipman

A tortoise is, I suppose, a Jewish pet. It knows its place. Out on the lawn. It doesn't bark. It doesn't tear the Dralon.

— Maureen Lipman

Dad was hopeless with money, even though he ran a business. We lived in a small terrace house and I vividly remember going into…

— Maureen Lipman

I've often unwittingly done the wrong thing; most things you mess up in life you do through nerves.

— Maureen Lipman

My mother, Zelma, was an influence on my career. When I was six or seven I started singing, imitating people like Eartha Kitt, and…

— Maureen Lipman

I've never done a drama series, and that's quite a mystery to me.

— Maureen Lipman

I'm full of ideas and general crackling chemistry and I can read the 'score' of a comedy as though it's a musical score.

— Maureen Lipman

My whole family was very funny, each in their own way, and you had to be quick to get a word in.

— Maureen Lipman

I'm not looking at anyone on television and thinking: why do I never get those parts?

— Maureen Lipman

Though Maggie Smith and Judi Dench have done all right, there's not a lot of drama work out there for older actresses. And you…

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Let's teach our daughters, and our sons I suppose: it is possible to say 'no' without rancour, without anger, without emotion.

— Maureen Lipman

I say yes when I mean no. I've done it all my life.

— Maureen Lipman