A biography for Toyah Willcoxhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm prudish.”
“I was very naughty, even as a baby.”
“This human body is very much a vehicle that's used to the constraints of time but once the body is old and used up our minds go into an eternal space.”
“If I need a bit of RI&IR, I'd go to the Maldives because technology can't reach you.”
“I think people need reassurance that there is an afterlife. That's perfectly understandable.”
“I cannot emphasise enough how important exercise is. I have to do at least a three-mile fast walk a day, usually in the afternoon. Movement is incredibly important in helping my body use up my energy.”
“My early family life was incredibly happy but I was very, very protected and very much living in a bubble. I was born with my legs bent inwards and clawed feet.”
“My mother is not a naturally happy person and is very complex. She won't allow any of us to touch her. Not even my father hugs her. And, as a family, we never kiss each other. Yet we do have a close relationship.”
“I am creative with both my limitations and my sense that everything is possible.”
“Live to live. Don't live to die. And never stop learning.”
“There's an irony about making a film about punk because punk isn't supposed to have feature films made about it.”
“I have experienced ageism and sexism. In my 20s, I was told by a camera lighting man I needed plastic surgery. In my 30s I was constantly told I needed to lose weight.”
“Everyone else at school was terrified of me, and they were always laughing at me.”
“See, I hold myself through my own muscle strength. That is why I'm built like Arnold Schwarzenegger.”
“I try to eat small meals throughout the day.”
“Snob value has great appeal. I have a couple of properties on the French Riviera that have doubled in value - I may buy more as the region continues to be developed.”
“I don't think my insomnia is fixable: I think it's in my DNA.”
“If science can help us have the same quality of life we enjoyed when we were much younger, we should grasp it with both hands.”
“I have a confession. I don't enjoy animation. I have no idea why because I absolutely adore doing voiceovers. I think part of me feels that animation has put an actor out of work.”
“When I left home at 17, I became successful astronomically fast. But I think my parents were so frightened of me failing that they focused on that more than my success.”