--- title: "10 You Quotes By Sally Phillips" description: "10 You quotes by Sally Phillips. Plus more from Sally Phillips and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/sally-phillips-12985_courage_i-can-make-a-virtue-of-slapdash-slapdash_1561236.png" --- > [I can make a virtue of slapdash. Slapdash can give you courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-can-make-a-virtue-of-slapdash-slapdash-can-give-you-courage/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/sally-phillips-12985_courage_i-can-make-a-virtue-of-slapdash-slapdash_1561236.png) > [Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/comedians-have-to-write-to-survive-because-you-don-t-get-cast-for/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ae/sally-phillips-12985_beauty_comedians-have-to-write-to-survive-becau_1669152.png) > [Once you have a Down's syndrome child, you can't conform. In a way, you're free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/once-you-have-a-down-s-syndrome-child-you-can-t-conform-in-a-way-you/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/sally-phillips-12985_child_once-you-have-a-down-s-syndrome-child-yo_2187054.png) > [Bad impulse buys make you feel grim, don't they? It's like having consumer Tourette's. I gravitate towards austere foreign-language film DVDs when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/bad-impulse-buys-make-you-feel-grim-don-t-they-it-s-like-having/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/sally-phillips-12985_austere_bad-impulse-buys-make-you-feel-grim-don_935882.png) > [My mother always worked and thought staying at home was a bit twee, and that you should get your act together and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/my-mother-always-worked-and-thought-staying-at-home-was-a-bit-twee/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30e/sally-phillips-12985_act_my-mother-always-worked-and-thought-stay_648096.png) > [What having a Down's syndrome child isn't - and I feel very strongly about this - is a tragedy. All those pregnancy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/what-having-a-down-s-syndrome-child-isn-t-and-i-feel-very-strongly/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/sally-phillips-12985_about_what-having-a-down-s-syndrome-child-isn_794886.jpg) > [I think everyone is forgetting what plastic surgery is for - if you have a face-eating tumour, lose a breast or are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-think-everyone-is-forgetting-what-plastic-surgery-is-for-if-you/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/sally-phillips-12985_accident_i-think-everyone-is-forgetting-what-plas_1292437.png) > [Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/middle-aged-women-on-telly-is-a-bit-of-a-hot-topic-before-we-were-27/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaf/sally-phillips-12985_baddies_middle-aged-women-on-telly-is-a-bit-of-a_2437086.jpg) > [One year you go in for auditions, and everybody thinks you're the queen of comedy, and the next year, you're so 'yesterday,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/one-year-you-go-in-for-auditions-and-everybody-thinks-you-re-the/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/sally-phillips-12985_ability_one-year-you-go-in-for-auditions-and-eve_1405560.jpg) > [As a writer myself, my job has very often been to also write on the job. So you get the script and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/as-a-writer-myself-my-job-has-very-often-been-to-also-write-on-the/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/sally-phillips-12985_actor_as-a-writer-myself-my-job-has-very-often_2444959.png) ## Other authors on You ## More by Sally Phillips > [My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/my-mum-s-from-yorkshire-and-my-parents-aren-t-snotty-or-posh-they-re/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [The only way I'll ever run a marathon is if I'm involved in the administration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/the-only-way-i-ll-ever-run-a-marathon-is-if-i-m-involved-in-the/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [I'm not sure my achievements have been 'great.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-m-not-sure-my-achievements-have-been-great/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [I'm very devoted to my kids - I'm completely blind to their faults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-m-very-devoted-to-my-kids-i-m-completely-blind-to-their-faults/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [I tell people that I'm a Christian, but I don't think it's giving an insight into who I am or what I'm about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-tell-people-that-i-m-a-christian-but-i-don-t-think-it-s-giving-an/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [I've got spider veins all over my legs, so I wear opaque tights all winter. All sorts of colours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-ve-got-spider-veins-all-over-my-legs-so-i-wear-opaque-tights-all/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [I don't get star-struck at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-don-t-get-star-struck-at-all/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [I have a lot of funny friends, though not everyone's funny all the time. Doon Mackichan's my funniest friend in the pub; Nina Conti's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-have-a-lot-of-funny-friends-though-not-everyone-s-funny-all-the/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [I truly would love to be a designer-label girl, but I am very much High Street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-truly-would-love-to-be-a-designer-label-girl-but-i-am-very-much/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [All I want to do really is get married and be a matriarch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/all-i-want-to-do-really-is-get-married-and-be-a-matriarch/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [I never ever Google myself. That way madness lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-never-ever-google-myself-that-way-madness-lies/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [I don't have the self-discipline for diets; I break rules I set for myself, so I try and eat more healthily, juice more, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-don-t-have-the-self-discipline-for-diets-i-break-rules-i-set-for/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [I'm feeling incredibly Botox-tempted as my face collapses around my shoulders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-m-feeling-incredibly-botox-tempted-as-my-face-collapses-around-my/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [I definitely used to write a lot at school. Comic poetry and drawings about people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/i-definitely-used-to-write-a-lot-at-school-comic-poetry-and-drawings/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) > [My mother always worked and thought staying at home was a bit twee, and that you should get your act together and do something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/my-mother-always-worked-and-thought-staying-at-home-was-a-bit-twee/) [Sally Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-phillips/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/sally-phillips/#itemlist", "name": "10 You Quotes By Sally Phillips", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can make a virtue of slapdash. 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So you get the script and a vague idea of how the scene might work, and you then add funny words or change the script. I'm not the world's best writer or the world's best actor, but I can do that thing where I can fix - or ruin - fix-slash-ruin, add quirk, add value.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sally Phillips" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-phillips/as-a-writer-myself-my-job-has-very-often-been-to-also-write-on-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/sally-phillips-12985_actor_as-a-writer-myself-my-job-has-very-often_2444959.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/sally-phillips-12985_actor_as-a-writer-myself-my-job-has-very-often_2444959.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/sally-phillips-12985_actor_as-a-writer-myself-my-job-has-very-often_2444959.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As a writer myself, my job has very often been to also write on the job. 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