A biography for Joanna Pagehasn’t been written yet.
“There honestly is nothing like fresh cockles from Swansea market. They just taste of the sea. Add some vinegar, salt and pepper and you have the perfect sea and eating experience.”
“I loved being an only child. I loved being in my own world, playing with my toys and being in my made-up magical world.”
“For the first six months after I had Eva I was away working filming two shows back to back. I had my mum looking after her on set but it was so tough as all I wanted to do was spend time with my new baby.”
“Since 'Gavin & Stacey,' it's cool to be Welsh.”
“My God, I used to go shopping - Selfridges, Net-a-Porter, lovely handbags, beautiful dresses, all my heels... They are all boxed up now.”
“I don't go out a lot.”
“Ed Miliband looks like a character from Sesame Street. I just think he's terrible. When he says something, I just switch off.”
“I think I will always be seen as this small blonde 20 year old even in my fifties.”
“I think the reason that some actresses go to the other side of the camera as they get older is because after 40 it's hard to get the parts. But I have been an ingenue for so long - I was never allowed to go for roles where you are a policewoman and have to shoot a gun because I was this kind of child-woman.”
“I don't really want to go on and play Lady Macbeth.”
“Since watching Kate Winslet in 'Hideous Kinky' I've had a profound love affair with Morocco, specifically Marrakesh. I've wanted to go for as long as I can remember because it looks a very romantic city and I'm a sucker for romance.”
“I never dreamed of modelling.”
“I enjoy playing my part in 'Gavin and Stacey' so much.”
“I'm energetic and I'm feisty like my alter-ego was in 'Gavin and Stacey,' but I'm actually far more serious.”
“Dealing with homeschooling in itself has made me realise I can't do a seven-year-old's maths - and also that my children don't respect me as they respect a teacher.”
“I think as actors we just have to appreciate what we've been given. We have got such a tendency to moan all the time! I can't bear it when I am working with actors and everything has to be difficult or worthy.”
“In fact, I can be really grumpy and irritable, well that's what my husband says.”
“Before I played Stacey, no one even knew I was Welsh because I had previously always acted with an English voice, so I would have no trouble dropping it.”
“I do believe we go through what we do for a reason.”
“I really loved filming 'The Syndicate' as it was exciting to play someone serious and give a dramatic, heart felt performance.”