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“If you become too aware of people looking at you, and worrying about what they think, it's exhausting.”
“I think people fall into one of two camps: you're either a dog or a cat. Dogs want to be liked - they jump and lick and aim to please; cats are more aloof, but maybe they're just less concerned about being liked. In my mind I'm a cat, but in reality I'm a drooling, panting dog.”
“In 2007, an ex-boyfriend took me to see The Rolling Stones in Slane. It was sunny and I was wearing a Topshop jacket and wellies I got that morning in Penneys. So far, so normal... until he arranged for us to be picked up in his garden in a helicopter.”
“The likes of Zoe Ball, Claudia Winkleman, Emma Willis, strong, smart women who have built a great career, they are liked by audiences and still going great into their 40s, they are the women in TV that I would really respect and reference.”
“I'm honest, sometimes to a fault.”
“People feel quite cynical about a lot of TV and what is happening in the world.”
“Ideas are unpredictable and unreliable. You need to grab them while you can, whenever they present themselves.”
“I dabbled in and out of meditation for a long time, but then I was doing it every day and it definitely kept me sane.”
“All I can do is be myself.”
“I sound like a total granny, but I have never watched 'Love Island' - it's just not a show that's appealed wildly to me.”
“I'm weirdly allergic to the idea of being a brand.”
“I have tried to do the vegan and vegetarian thing but the social awkwardness of it, from my point of view, I just couldn't cope with: feeling like I had to ring in advance and get a friend to cook a second meal for me.”
“I try to be honest and open and there's vulnerability in doing that, and insecurity in posting certain things but I think it's important to show a realistic sense of life and not just the shiny things.”
“One of my favourite things in life is an early night between freshly washed sheets. There's a ritual. It involves relaxing spray and lavender drops, bed socks, a silk eye mask and soothing music. My phone is out of the room. My mind is on sheep.”
“The fixation on preserving our faces is laughable but it also seems almost logical given societal pressure and scrutiny.”
“It is what we're made for. Exploring and discovering and looking.”
“There is something utterly magical about a pair of metallic shoes, make them ankle boots and the magic doubles.”
“When I'm on holidays I love to carry a fan in my handbag.”
“Your instinct is to try and fit a mould but when you are just yourself it tends to get you noticed a lot more.”
“I have my most brilliant and creative ideas when I'm counting sheep. I wish I could nod off but instead my mind is abuzz with solutions and projects.”