Top 45 Ruth Jones Quotes

The worst experiences I’ve had are hotels that profess to be four or five star, when evidently they aren’t.

The first thing I remember writing was a poem – about a princess who sat on a hill and sang all day – when I was eight.

I think it is easier to put yourself down before anyone else does. Or to laugh at yourself before anyone else does.

I enjoy it when characters love each other. It’s more interesting, actually – it’s less predictable.

Of course I’ve been in love and I married the man that I love. It was love at first voice because I spoke to him on the phone before I met him. I did fall in love with his voice.

I will never, ever turn down a foot massage.

Young people need a boosting up really, a bit more encouraging and less looking down on them.

Lavatorial humour is just not my cup of tea. But, having said that, I’m really of the mind that comedy is so subjective and whatever makes you laugh makes you laugh. If it doesn’t make you laugh, don’t watch it.

I’m trying to learn to ask myself: ‘Before you dive in are you sure you are right?’ It’s always safe to assume I’m wrong.

I think drama in schools shouldn’t be about, ‘Let’s put ‘Annie’ on this year’ – not that there’s anything wrong with that – but it’s a good way of getting kids to interact, and it can be a good communication tool.

When I was five, my uncle bought us a tape recorder and my dad tried to record us kids talking and singing, stuff like that. There’s really quite a lot of me in a really Welsh accent going, ‘Can I tell a joke? Can I sing a song?’ – really annoying and brattish.

I don’t want to make generalisations here, but I think that most women and maybe men are not comfortable with being overweight. It’s a tricky issue.

I love ‘Gogglebox,’ that show really makes me laugh.

I’m blessed by having very long-term, solid friendships, and they’re such joyous things.

I think community and connection with people around us – and feeling that we belong – is really valuable.

Whenever someone asks for my autograph, I still think, ‘Do you really want it?’

Of course I always immediately apologise when I realise I’m in the wrong.

Every day you read these awful stories in the papers that make you want to weep. You think, ‘Why has this happened?’ But at the same, people can also be lovely to each other.

I’ve probably been guilty of assuming people from by-gone generations were stuffy, two dimensional and a bit dull. But my trip on ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ has proved the opposite to be true.

I just go broad Welsh when I’m nervous.

I love talking about ‘Stella.’

I wouldn’t go out of my way to go to a big celebrity bash. You have to make an effort to dress up and I’m a bit lazy really.

You never do know what will happen to you.

I’m a hugely proud Welsh person. I just love it – it’s something very special, being Welsh.

I like pampering, relaxation and somewhere comfortable to read on holiday. I consume books when I’m away because it’s the only time I get to read for pleasure. Perhaps that makes me a beach vulture.

The characters in ‘Stella’ wake up and they want to have a good day. They don’t set out to make someone’s life a misery.

I’ve always been a bit of a drama queen. I was into make-believe and dressing up.

Before ‘Gavin & Stacey’ I’d won a BBC short-story competition.

I have decided to stop dieting because it doesn’t work for me and I am annoyed with myself for ever trying. I have decided to enjoy the body I have. I tell myself how lucky I am to have a body that functions so well.

I can’t be bothered to put make-up on – I certainly don’t wear it day to day.

I think comedy drama is a tricky one. But it’s like in real life: often really tense, dramatic situations can be punctuated with the mundane and banal, and that’s what we try to capture in ‘Stella.’

I get into a bit of a routine on holiday with buffing and body lotions. After a long day’s hard sunbathing, there’s nothing better than feeling all shiny and clean.

I adore all the ‘Planet of the Apes’ films.

I grew up in the seaside town of Porthcawl in South Wales, the third eldest of four children. We weren’t overly bookworm-ish but I found the library magical – and I thought librarians earned their wages from book fines!

I love living in Wales.

I love fallible characters.

Since I turned 40, I’ve become less self-doubting, but it still happens.

I love ‘Armstrong & Miller.’

I’ve obviously witnessed the world of TV production, and I’m just a bit fascinated by people being a bit awful.

I’ve turned up to auditions and seen faces that I recognise and I think I know them. Then I realise I know them because they are on the telly.

In some ways, I was confident as a teenager – I didn’t mind standing on stage in front of loads of people – but innately, I didn’t believe in myself. I would always put myself down before anyone else could.

I knew I wanted to write about female friendship. I’ve got a few friends I’ve known since we were teenagers, who have spanned the decades, and I do find that a fascinating thing, that friendship can last that length of time.

I adored ‘The Young Ones,’ then I grew into ‘French and Saunders’ and Victoria Wood.

I do my job because I love it. And a necessary part of the job is that you talk about the show you’ve done.

Writing a novel can be solitary at times compared to screenwriting, but I don’t mind that.