I often wonder why we don't have an English word for 'genre.' People on arts programmes always have to use the word and invariably struggle not to sound embarrassed, so that it comes out sounding like 'Jeanne' as in D'Arc. — 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
