A biography for Sally Phillipshasn’t been written yet.
“Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40 to 50. You do notice as you get older... you go past 35, and suddenly you're playing baddies.”
“When I'm a brunette, it's four times harder to hail a taxi. Then I go blonde again, and suddenly there are taxis everywhere.”
“When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.”
“I wasn't hugely popular at school. In fact, I was bullied at school.”
“I don't get star-struck at all.”
“A lot of things in 'Parents' I find very truthful.”
“Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.”
“My mother always worked and thought staying at home was a bit twee, and that you should get your act together and do something useful. Now I think that's the most useful thing you can do: bring up some non-criminals.”
“I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.”