Caroline Quentin

As an actor, you tend to have to be a bit of a people-pleaser, and I think that I just don't really…

— Caroline Quentin

I have never gone for a diagnosis and I don't consider myself to be bipolar, but I have extreme moods. I get…

— Caroline Quentin

When I was younger, I had such awful, poisonous things written about me: male critics likening me to unattractive animals, and suggesting…

— Caroline Quentin

My husband's a very good baker. He does all the baking at home - if there is any - because I'm a…

— Caroline Quentin

Mum was a brilliant classical pianist. She was Canadian and studied music at McGill University. She took me to ballet when I…

— Caroline Quentin

I've always refused to buy into the idea that I should look a certain way. People say I don't conform to the…

— Caroline Quentin

I see a fitness coach three times a week and I do a lot of boxing, a bit of running when my…

— Caroline Quentin

I know it sounds cheesy, but I do feel so blessed. I have a great job, I have the best children in…

— Caroline Quentin

I've worn costumes all my life. I'm a theatre actress, you know. That's what I do for a living. I dress up,…

— Caroline Quentin

My mother was quite poorly. She suffered from bipolar disorder, which at that time was called manic depression. She spent a lot…

— Caroline Quentin

But through therapy I'm realising I'm allowed to be vulnerable. And I'm allowed to feel shy. And I'm allowed to feel private.

— Caroline Quentin

Well, all baking is a technical challenge as far as I'm concerned.

— Caroline Quentin

I'm out and proud with my terrible haircuts and jumpers. I think my younger self would be amazed at the way my…

— Caroline Quentin

I'm a huge fan of Tracey Emin. She's so raw and vulnerable; she's never formed the protective carapace that I formed very…

— Caroline Quentin

Getting older has compensations, though when you hit 50 you become very aware of your own mortality and it makes you reassess.

— Caroline Quentin

I'm so used to my appearance, I don't feel either offended or pleased by it. To be honest, I am not madly…

— Caroline Quentin

I'm interested in how we can change the nature of what's appealing in women so that all this nonsense about how we…

— Caroline Quentin

I don't think I had any idea how much I would love becoming a mother. Although I'm away a lot, my children,…

— Caroline Quentin

My parents got divorced in the mid-70s and I didn't really have much to do with my dad after that. Or indeed…

— Caroline Quentin

I'm not clever enough to write. It's as basic and tragic as that.

— Caroline Quentin

If I'm outside, I'm really happy. I don't care whether it's blowing a gale, I just love being outdoors.

— Caroline Quentin

We live on a farm and we've never been happier, living in the country and pootling about. We keep chickens, turkeys and…

— Caroline Quentin

I'm not mad keen on comedy that points the finger at people and ridicules them. I don't find that very funny. I…

— Caroline Quentin

I started working at 16. I'm 60. I've been working for 44 years.

— Caroline Quentin

The 'everymum' persona is quite a comfortable coat to put on, and in a way it protects you. I don't think I'm…

— Caroline Quentin