Tracey Ullman's Quotes

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.

As I get older, I just prefer to knit.

I think serial monogamy says it all.

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 don't see myself as a stand-up comic doing cynical, mean-spirited or disrespectful stuff. I'm very aware that I don't like to disrespect people too much.

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.

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.'

I hate clowns.

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

I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me.

I've always been a misfit.

It's sometimes shocking to find out what people really believe in.

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

Every character I do is based on someone I know.

I became an American in 2006. It got me thinking about what is my America and what's my perception of America.

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 just want to do good work.

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

I like infomercials.

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.

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.

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.