A biography for Tracey Ullmanhasn’t been written yet.
“There's nothing I won't attempt.”
“I became an American in 2006. It got me thinking about what is my America and what's my perception of America.”
“There were no examples of girls like myself becoming successful actresses. To be an actress in England was a serious, upper-middle class girl's profession. I just thought I would never be accepted unless I pretended to become somebody I wasn't.”
“Great pressure is put on kids who don't have dads to get out and make money, and make life easier for everybody. It was always, 'Hurry up, grow up, make money, there's no man to do it for us.'”
“It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me.”
“You become so encapsulated in this world of being a star. People listen to what you say, you have this voice, it becomes unreal and you become far removed from the people you came from.”
“I've always been a misfit.”
“I'm still that little girl who lisped and sat in the back of the car and threw vegetables at the back of her head when we drove home from the market. That never goes.”
“I wish I could believe that one person could make a difference.”
“Work is important to me. I want to do things for principle, not just for the sake of doing them.”
“I don't get very involved in the L.A. scene. When you do get invited out, you are expected to be on all the time. It's just wearying.”
“I hope I never get so hard up I have to do advertisements. I've gotten ridiculous offers.”
“I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.”
“I just want to do good work.”
“As I get older, I just prefer to knit.”
“I'm fascinated by Bollywood.”
“It's sometimes shocking to find out what people really believe in.”
“I'm as famous as I want to be.”
“An M.P. once suggested I be put in the Tower of London for saying derogatory things about the royals. There's no First Amendment in my country.”
“I'm not a film snob.”