A biography for Gail Porterhasn’t been written yet.
“What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!”
“Exercise keeps me occupied, which is good for my mental health.”
“I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.”
“I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.”
“The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt.”
“My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.”
“Scotland is the best place in the whole world.”
“You can go to the doctor a million times if you're feeling down, and get nowhere, but if you go for a run it makes you feel really good.”
“I don't believe in God.”
“I used to be pretty reckless. When I was a runner for a production company, I drove a massive 16 seater van. I was only 18. I mean I look young now, but then I looked about 12.”
“People say, what is she thinking? I'm thinking: fun; cash; travel.”
“Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.”
“I don't miss my pin-up days. I'm far too old for that malarkey.”
“I'm a mum, so my wardrobe consists of sweaters and jeans. As long as I don't leave the house forgetting my jeans, I count that as a fashion success.”
“I read in the paper that I'd slashed my wrists. But I didn't.”
“I'm always weeping at something or other.”
“But I love New York. I used to set my alarm clock when I was there, and get up at 4am and get a coffee, just because I could.”
“Usually I trundle about in trainers and baggy jeans, looking about as attractive as a potato.”
“I just don't think men fancy me.”
“When you have children, that's your main focus.”