Tracey Ullman

“Why does everyone think the future is space helmets, silver foil, and talking like computers, like a bad episode of Star Trek?”

“The show I did in England catered to a broad range of people. I like that. I don't want nouveau cult status, though I know we've got that sort of audience in the states.”

“As you get older, you realize it's work. It's that fine line between love and companionship. But passionate love? I'd love to know how to make that last.”

“I've never looked ahead very much in my life. I've never had any grand plan from the outset. I had no burning ambition to do what I do.”

“I like going to France, because no one knows who I am.”

“My mum would like to see me on the cover of 'Good Housekeeping' demonstrating children's toys with some nice lipstick on.”

“I loved the late Gilda Radner. I love Carol Burnett and Lily Tomlin.”

“It makes you more open, it gives you perspective, having a child.”

“I'm usually put off by performers when they get political.”

“It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them.”

“My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors.”

“It's like a woman's birthright to knit. It's primal. It's timeless. You don't need electricity to knit. You can do it with a candle, girls!”

“I like being the odd one out in L.A. Because if you conform, you become something you hate. I love being the odd one out. It's not about 'Look at me! Look at me!' It's about really becoming someone else.”

“I like infomercials.”

“I love documentaries, I like observing real people.”

“I used to dress up and impersonate our next-door neighbor, Miss Cox. She wore rubber boots, a wool hat, and her nose always dripped.”

“I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It would be insulting.”

“There are different types of love, and my love for my child is like me and my mum. We've gone through a lot of rocky patches, but we never stop loving.”

“A lot of stand-up comedy is embarrassing: too many idiots doing it in orange neckties against brick walls. I find most sitcoms embarrassing, too, because they seem so forced.”

“I love John Waters. There's stuff in it that's beyond the boundaries of my taste, but his movies have always been like that.”