A biography for Zoe Ballhasn’t been written yet.
“I have worked for the BBC for a lot of my career and I kind of always did it for the love. People always go, 'Oooh, well that's nonsense,' but it isn't, I love my job, I love what I do.”
“I've listened to Terry Wogan since I was a girl; my parents listened to David Jacobs and Desmond Carrington.”
“You can't be the perfect parent.”
“When you get older and have kids your body changes, and you try to accept it.”
“I remember Will Smith and me seeing who had the most sticky-out ears.”
“I just wanted to be a performer. I was ambitious. I couldn't sing and I couldn't act. I could dance a little. So what was there left for me to do? Television presenter. That was it.”
“Yes, this a disease, and men suffering with depression need help. It takes the right person to break through to someone who has been brave enough to reach out.”
“I pride myself on buying really good presents.”
“Great gifts include warm pyjamas, bedsocks, scarves and blankets.”
“I was given a lot of opportunities when I was younger that I kind of threw away.”
“I wanted to look like Kelly McGillis in 'Top Gun.'”
“I don't think that sliding down a wall with a bottle of Sancerre in your hand at 6:30 in the morning is particularly attractive when you're approaching 40 and you've got a kid.”
“A lot of men I have spoken to have said it's very confusing being a modern man. You want to be sensitive but also strong. You can't win. It's really hard trying to be both.”
“When I moved to Manchester, to work as a runner for Granada, I shared with a researcher called Vicky who took pity on my inability to cook and made me meals for three years. Put in charge of cookery on a live kids' show I'd buy cookies from a shop to show as 'ones we made earlier.'”
“I'm a terrible late-night snacker.”
“I love a good cup of tea and you can never have too many mugs. Even better if it's homemade pottery, inspired by 'The Great Pottery Throw Down.'”
“When I look at my face, I notice terrible smoker's lines above my lip and nasty sun damage in the middle of my cheeks.”
“My family love Khruangbin's faraway soundscapes.”
“I ate 18 spam fritters in one sitting at Farnham Common junior school in some sort of popularity contest.”
“On a Friday night, I switch on my log burner, stick on 'Gardeners' World' and I am so happy.”