Though Maggie Smith and Judi Dench have done all right, there's not a lot of drama work out there for older actresses.… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
For anyone who has heard recordings of Florence Foster Jenkins' performances in the 1930s and 1940s, she's always been the greatest diva… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
I've learned a lot from my daughter because she is my best friend and I sort of admire her, but I tread… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
My father adored my mother - she was very beautiful - but they were not fantastically compatible. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
When make-up girls say, 'You've such lovely skin' I always take the compliment, but I also flash straight back to my mother… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
My mother ran the home, but if we did anything naughty she would say 'Wait till your father gets home.' — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
I do have opinions. Fortunately, I neither Twitter nor Facebook. My daughter forbids me to go on social media. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've often unwittingly done the wrong thing; most things you mess up in life you do through nerves. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My whole family was very funny, each in their own way, and you had to be quick to get a word in. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
I'm not looking at anyone on television and thinking: why do I never get those parts? — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
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… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
Let's teach our daughters, and our sons I suppose: it is possible to say 'no' without rancour, without anger, without emotion. — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
