A biography for Prunella Scaleshasn’t been written yet.
“I'm not a very assertive person.”
“I just think it's useful for people to know that even if you are off the telly you're just an ordinary person who uses the Tube.”
“My very first school was a primary school in Surrey. I remember being taught to read by the traditional ABC, instead of look-say - that is, whole words at a time - which was fashionable when my children were at school.”
“The people you learn most from are the audiences, which is why I'm always best on my last night.”
“In our profession if you've got an ugly mark or there's anything that cosmetic surgery can do for you I think it's absolutely fine. I would consider it, but I've been very lucky not to have to.”
“The Victorian Age was very stimulating, historically impressive.”
“Hobson's Choice' may have been in black and white, but it was a David Lean production filmed at Shepperton with Charles Laughton in the lead. So it was a big film - and it felt like it.”
“Supermarkets must not eliminate the individual retailers and market roads like the Northcote.”
“I don't like being recognised. Shopping, I often wear glasses and a scarf.”
“It isn't often I get a part that enables me to play someone from the age of 13 up to 81.”
“The charming sitcom is all very well, but good comedy is based on pain and danger and fear.”
“The thing I simply hate about my job is any 'celeb' coverage.”
“I can't bear the idea or concept of being a 'celeb.'”
“I don't think theatrical marriages are necessarily less stable than others; I think this is a slight misapprehension.”
“Being out of work is very depressing. But luckily I haven't been there for a long time.”