I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre.


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One of the most unsettling things about 'Monologue' is its long silences, in which the man s...
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I think we often live at a surface level, and that ends up with us in a lot of difficulty because we...
SAMANTHA HARVEY
What I always liked about Socrates was his insistence on questioning things for the sake of reaching...
SAMANTHA HARVEY
My sister is my sister regardless - has always been and always will be and has no choice about it. T...
SAMANTHA HARVEY
Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would ha...
SAMANTHA HARVEY
I don't have a problem with my image; it's other people who do.
SAMANTHA FOX
I'm an outgoing girl, and I can't help the way I look.
SAMANTHA FOX
I consider myself sexy. But the sexy image doesn't bother me, and I don't think it detracts ...
SAMANTHA FOX
When somebody wants me to sign an old picture, it's like looking at another person.
SAMANTHA FOX
At 20, I didn't know what suited me. I had terrible fashion sense and awful make-up.
SAMANTHA FOX
When I was a model, everybody was scrutinising me and I felt I had to go to the gym because my figur...
SAMANTHA FOX
I still keep my accent.
SAMANTHA FOX
It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.
SAMANTHA FOX
I am very domesticated. I find I really enjoy it.
SAMANTHA FOX
I can't beleive I'm here to tell the tale, this was my first brush with death, and God must ...
SAMANTHA FOX
I always wanted it, the fame. When it come, I didn't want to let it go.
SAMANTHA FOX
I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
SAMANTHA FOX
I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong materna...
SAMANTHA FOX
Gay guys love women who are tough, who are survivors. They always call me a diva. And I am a survivo...
SAMANTHA FOX
Listen, it's very easy not to be ripped off, you know. Get yourself a lawyer.
SAMANTHA FOX
As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've don...
SAMANTHA FOX
All my life, it's been the same with men. Being a woman who is famous and adored by men is very ...
SAMANTHA FOX
I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week.
SAMANTHA FOX
The simple things in life make me very happy.
SAMANTHA FOX
My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedd...
SAMANTHA BOND
One of my earliest memories is of being about three and a half, climbing through the legs of a man w...
SAMANTHA BOND
Sometimes I'll work through the crossword sections of three separate papers.
SAMANTHA BOND
I get so nervous before I go on stage that I can never eat very much, so I'm always completely s...
SAMANTHA BOND
If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
SAMANTHA BOND
Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called ...
SAMANTHA BOND
The middle-aged woman is the ground bed of the audience that watches television, and yet they are ab...
SAMANTHA BOND
The big thing that Moneypenny changed was the amount of charity work that I was able to be involved ...
SAMANTHA BOND
I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.
SAMANTHA BOND
I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
SAMANTHA BOND
I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason...
SAMANTHA BOND
It's always been a dream of mine to be Ginger Rogers or Cyd Charisse, and here I am performing a...
SAMANTHA BOND
I've been married to the same man - even after the separation - longer than most people in this ...
SAMANTHA BOND
When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first ...
SAMANTHA BOND
I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative th...
SAMANTHA BOND
Filming is quite exciting because every day is different, but it can involve long hours standing aro...
SAMANTHA BOND
I lost a girlfriend when I was in my 30s. She was 46. It all sounds so trite, but I put a Post-it on...
SAMANTHA BOND
It's one of the oldest theatrical adages: never work with children or animals.
SAMANTHA BOND
I always have bananas with me for energy.
SAMANTHA BOND
I tend to opt for relaxed family holidays when I can.
SAMANTHA BOND
'Downton' is one of the best jobs in the world, and I'm looking forward to the next seri...
SAMANTHA BOND
Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent.
SAMANTHA BOND
I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been v...
SAMANTHA BOND
If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50....
SAMANTHA BOND
Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I...
SAMANTHA BOND
My best friend is my husband.
SAMANTHA BOND
I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada.
SAMANTHA BEE
It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
SAMANTHA BEE
I learn something in the interviews from time to time.
SAMANTHA BEE