Quotes from Tracey Ullman

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.

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

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.

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

I just love to impersonate people, and I impersonate people because I find them fascinating.

I'm sick of environmentalism.

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.

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'm not a film snob.

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.

I love documentaries, I like observing real people.

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.

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

Personally, I think any more than two or three kids is not a family, it's a litter.

As soon as you find the key to success, somebody always changes the lock.

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 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.

Work is important to me. I want to do things for principle, not just for the sake of doing them.

As I get older, I just prefer to knit.

I hope I never get so hard up I have to do advertisements. I've gotten ridiculous offers.

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

I think serial monogamy says it all.

I'm as famous as I want to be.

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.