A biography for Ruth Joneshasn’t been written yet.
“Whenever someone asks for my autograph, I still think, 'Do you really want it?'”
“I've turned up to auditions and seen faces that I recognise and I think I know them. Then I realise I know them because they are on the telly.”
“There were times when the first thing we'd talk about in the morning was 'Stella,' and the last thing we'd talk about at night was 'Stella.'”
“Certainly in 'Stella' there weren't really any baddies. And if there were, they were quite ineffectual baddies. And the same is true of 'Gavin & Stacey.' I like people to be redeemed.”
“Before 'Gavin & Stacey' I'd won a BBC short-story competition.”
“I am never going to like sci-fi or horror.”
“I've obviously witnessed the world of TV production, and I'm just a bit fascinated by people being a bit awful.”
“It's just wonderful to be able to write about what my characters are thinking.”
“I'm a hugely proud Welsh person. I just love it - it's something very special, being Welsh.”
“I was brought up in Porthcawl and I enjoy going back there.”
“I do my job because I love it. And a necessary part of the job is that you talk about the show you've done.”
“I used to think I could only run if I was a certain weight. It was a revelation when I accepted that thinking like that was daft. I told myself if I enjoyed it, just enjoy it!”
“Gavin and Stacey' really seems to have been taken into people's hearts and we're really thrilled about it.”
“I really love 'The Windsors' - and I hope the royal family love it, too.”
“I think comedy drama is a tricky one. But it's like in real life: often really tense, dramatic situations can be punctuated with the mundane and banal, and that's what we try to capture in 'Stella.'”
“I love 'Gogglebox,' that show really makes me laugh.”
“I grew up in the seaside town of Porthcawl in South Wales, the third eldest of four children. We weren't overly bookworm-ish but I found the library magical - and I thought librarians earned their wages from book fines!”
“Even when bad things happen, you always want to move forward.”
“I'm trying to learn to ask myself: 'Before you dive in are you sure you are right?' It's always safe to assume I'm wrong.”