A biography for Ruth Joneshasn’t been written yet.
“I've always been a bit of a drama queen. I was into make-believe and dressing up.”
“I adore all the 'Planet of the Apes' films.”
“I can't do bleak, I always prefer to focus on the positive.”
“I ran 10k once. I've got a medal.”
“The characters in 'Stella' wake up and they want to have a good day. They don't set out to make someone's life a misery.”
“You have a different, much more intimate relationship with the characters in a novel than when writing a screenplay. You're able to get inside their heads in a different way. You can understand their motivations more.”
“I thought I would be married with four children when I was 24 because that's what my mother did. But it didn't turn out like that. There's no reason why. It just didn't happen.”
“I'd never judge anyone who did Botox, it's a personal thing. But I wouldn't do it.”
“Marks & Spencer's in Cardiff is a really good place to get recognised.”
“Since I turned 40, I've become less self-doubting, but it still happens.”
“I have decided to stop dieting because it doesn't work for me and I am annoyed with myself for ever trying. I have decided to enjoy the body I have. I tell myself how lucky I am to have a body that functions so well.”
“The worst experiences I've had are hotels that profess to be four or five star, when evidently they aren't.”
“Lavatorial humour is just not my cup of tea. But, having said that, I'm really of the mind that comedy is so subjective and whatever makes you laugh makes you laugh. If it doesn't make you laugh, don't watch it.”
“If you'd asked me when I was younger what life would be like in my 50s, I'd probably have imagined someone like my grandmother. I'd have looked like a little old lady who went for a shampoo and set every week. But it's funny - when you get to your 50s it's not like that at all because apart from a few aches and pains, I feel like I'm in my 30s.”
“Surely there's a difference between cocky and lively and entertaining.”
“I did get a really weird fan letter from a bloke in prison. I think it was when I was doing 'Fat Friends.' He said he'd be happy to do an exercise routine for me, to go through a fitness regime for me. I didn't take him up on the offer... dunno why?!”
“I loved character actresses like Julie Walters and Alison Steadman, films like 'Nuts in May' and 'Educating Rita.' And I never get tired of watching Larry David and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'”
“I applied to only one drama school - if I didn't get in, I would give up the whole notion. That's how much of a chance I was giving myself.”
“Self-loathing is a waste of time.”
“I always love stories that do a big time leap where the past informs the present, where you find out what became of some characters years later.”