Joanna Lumley : (10)

" I think most of the world would like to be Scottish. All the Americans who come here never look for English blood or Welsh, only for Scottish and Irish. It’s understandable. The Scots effectively created the face of the modern world: the railways, the bridges, the tunnels. " - Joanna Lumley

" It’s nice when you happen into a vegetarian restaurant, but really, you can find veggie food everywhere. Pastas, salads, a vegetable plate – I actually like ordering vegetarian in a meaty place because it gives them a jolt to come up with something and recognize the demand. " - Joanna Lumley

" NASA space scientists have been studying giraffe skin so they can apply what they learn from it to the construction of spacesuits. " - Joanna Lumley

" As soon as you reach a certain age, you’re thrown onto a kind of mental scrap heap. " - Joanna Lumley

" I switch off lights like a maniac. I drive at reasonable speeds so that I don’t waste petrol. " - Joanna Lumley

" I’ve always used my hair for whatever it is needed for. I had it an inch long and jet black for a Pinter play I did. Changes you completely. " - Joanna Lumley

" I find it a great antidote… lipstick and mirrors and hairspray. " - Joanna Lumley

" I love a cardboard coffin. Both Mummy and Daddy went off in cardboard coffins, painted – Daddy’s was rifle green. Beautifully made. " - Joanna Lumley

" In Ethiopia… you might find a seven-year-old expected to take 15 goats out into the fields for the whole day with only a chapati to eat and his whistle. Why are we so afraid to give our children responsibilities like this? " - Joanna Lumley

" I’m boiling about the rainforests being chopped down to make disposable chopsticks. I’m boiling about the fact that we have palm oil put into every single one of our substances. " - Joanna Lumley