You can't hurry a loaf of bread. You have to wait for it to prove and rise. — Mel Giedroyc Bread Copy Share Image
I don't like it when people leave their takeaways on the street: it makes me sad and it draws foxes and rats. — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
Christmas traditions are important in my family. Being half English and half Polish-Lithuanian, we have two separate celebrations. — Mel Giedroyc Being Copy Share Image
I like Joan Jett's 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' because it's got a nice low singing voice. — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
I had to sit down and promise the kids I would no longer have any spray tans. My husband started sending me… — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
Give more acting roles to 48-year-old half-Lithuanians who just don't want to be pigeon-holed as bakery presenters. — Mel Giedroyc Acting Copy Share Image
We're so used to seeing Agatha Christie's work on screen that going back to the original is a real joy. — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
My kids both had Catholic junior school education, which I'm really glad for - it taught them how to be compassionate, how… — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
Funders, financiers why don't you support childcare? Make it a budget line in your productions and please please let's not be ageist. — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
I'm really proud of 'The Gift.' There are stories we can all relate to - a first love that went wrong, a… — Mel Giedroyc First love Copy Share Image
The Gift' doesn't deal with the neat, tie-me-up-with-a-bow kind of stories - they are grittier, messier, and not all of them have… — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
I'm not a trained actor, so there was always going to be a certain amount of bringing my own... I was going… — Mel Giedroyc Actor Copy Share Image
We all have somebody in our lives, that however closely related or not, is affected by terminal illness and these amazing nurses,… — Mel Giedroyc Amazing Copy Share Image
I'm the youngest of four in a large, exhibitionist family. The only way to get attention was to throw yourself off the… — Mel Giedroyc Attention Copy Share Image
We would pay for our own shows, we would put them on, we did everything ourselves, so I've always totally loved being… — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
This business is fickle. You have very good patches and less good patches, but you learn to ride them out. As long… — Mel Giedroyc Business Copy Share Image
It feels like you are in your own little bubble when you film 'Bake Off.' There is no noise, the outside world… — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
It's a blessing to be able to do different things really, I feel so lucky. — Mel Giedroyc Blessing Copy Share Image
Any donation does make a difference. Getting involved is what makes BBC Children in Need so moving. — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
I'm not on Twitter because I'm worried I'd be really dull, which would be tragic for someone who's supposed to be funny. — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
I met Sue Perkins at the Footlights, where she brought the house down at the auditions. — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
I can't speak for every mum but once you have children, I find that I don't really get through the day without… — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
It was very hard not to get utterly and wholeheartedly drawn into the stories on 'The Gift.' — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
As someone who is a dedicated fan of the NHS, I'm extremely worried, I think its a very precious thing that needs… — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
The strength of 'The Gift' is that the people featured and their stories are given the space to speak for themselves. — Mel Giedroyc Gift Copy Share Image
I take each thing as it comes and try and give it 110 per cent - it's just a blessing to be… — Mel Giedroyc Blessing Copy Share Image
Eurovision' lifts you off your feet - and, by that, I mean the absolute joy, total insanity and madness of the whole… — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
There is something a bit volatile about hosting a big live show like 'Eurovision.' Anything could literally happen. — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
Maternity bras are the Alcatraz under-wear. If they were a door they'd have a mortise lock, a padlock and the rest. — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
We have our detractors. If we didn't, that would be weird. That would make me feel, 'Oh God, we must be really… — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
