A biography for Helen Baxendalehasn’t been written yet.
“If you are blonde with a little nose people always think you are gentle and not very bright.”
“I always loved films.”
“I want to age the way that life makes you age, because there's beauty in autumn and winter and I think people forget that.”
“I watched 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' about 90 times and knew every word.”
“I wanted to have children and I wanted to be with the person I was in love with.”
“When you're given the chance, you can't really not go to the Caribbean, can you?”
“People expect because it is called 'Friends' that everyone was great friends, but they were real professionals.”
“I've never done a zip wire. I'm a scaredy-cat.”
“We've still got a cathode ray TV with a big back. An ancient, massive thing. All our teenagers' friends come round and say the TV's really cool. The picture is so much better than HD TVs - everything looks like film. It's not digital, and we still haven't got Netflix. It's too confusing.”
“I let people down a lot.”
“People's memories are quite short. Often people think they recognize me from down the shops or something.”
“Our after-dinner entertainment would be a little family party. We'd string up twinkling fairy lights, put on some music and dance around in the glow of the fire.”
“I look stern because I've got high cheekbones and a pointy nose, and a lot of my characters have been quite stubborn.”
“I'm not a natural comedian.”
“I don't know if there are many misconceptions. One is that my birthday is on Valentine's Day. It's on 7 June.”
“There is this perception that TV is glamorous and it is the pinnacle of your existence - I don't think it is.”
“People know me but can't quite place me - they squint at me like I might be their old school teacher or a woman they've seen down the local pub.”
“I've never had my nails done - look at them!”
“For me, acting is like a holiday. I spend a lot of time at home with my kids, and then every so often I go out and flex my creative muscles on stage.”
“I have vivid memories of my dad watching 'Not the Nine o'Clock News.' I didn't really get it but I thought it was hilarious because he was laughing.”