Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Helen Baxendale

I feel I know Cape Town very well now having been there twice and for six weeks at a time.

I never felt sorry for the people in 'Friends' though. They had enormous wealth and they were very funny, creative people who gave a lot of people happiness.

Fame just didn't fit in with my life.

Energy is infectious.

Seriously though, most films worth their salt will have something to say about the world we live in. Even 'Avatar' claimed that!

I'd make all schoolchildren take ballet lessons every morning. And I'd ban advertising aimed at children.

I look stern because I've got high cheekbones and a pointy nose, and a lot of my characters have been quite stubborn.

'Friends' was great fun, but I was just there so they could make some funny jokes about England.

People know me but can't quite place me - they squint at me like I might be their old school teacher or a woman they've seen down the local pub.

I don't like conflict.

I don't have any regrets whatsoever because it has been my life. I've been very privileged, I'm lucky and I'm still alive.

I had a little glimpse of what fame holds, and I decided it held a load of nothing.

I have vivid memories of my dad watching 'Not the Nine o'Clock News.' I didn't really get it but I thought it was hilarious because he was laughing.

Women are under-represented in every walk of life.

'Friends' and 'Cold Feet' seem like a lifetime ago. That whole period is like a weird, bizarre blip or a surreal dream.

'Beyond The Pole's Facebook page has been incredibly instrumental in introducing us to new people and to making connections with journalists, cinemas everything.

It's surprisingly easy to get teenagers to watch subtitles.

I have to enjoy life - it is a privilege to be an actor and I love what I do, so I will act those moments and then do my best to switch off - life is too short.

I remember wearing old long johns, my dad's silk paisley dressing gown, chopped off at the waist, and lots of crucifixes - trying to look like Madonna. But I wasn't breaking any moulds, I was just trying to follow somebody else.

In career terms it would have been preferable for me to have done 'Friends,' because it lifts you and just, mmmm, gives you some kind of cachet.

If you're going to be pigeon-holed as anything as a woman, it's good to be pigeon-holed as someone with an acid tongue who gets things done.

I'm getting quite into ancient barrows and the like these days.

Childhood is pretty fantastic but every age has its moments of beauty.

I watched 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' about 90 times and knew every word.

I never saw myself as proper grown up.

I want to age the way that life makes you age, because there's beauty in autumn and winter and I think people forget that.

People latch on to characters who are rude or naughty or bad. Look at JR in 'Dallas' or Angie in 'EastEnders.' They're the best parts, the parts people want to be like.

I'm not a natural comedian.

I'm not steely ambitious.

I used to be terribly vain. I'd spend a lot of time pampering myself and applying make-up and hoping that I'd look nice.

It will be very exciting to watch how the industry responds to filmmakers getting closer and closer to their audiences - and they must, as for too long it has been quite impossible for filmmakers to actually get anywhere near to revenues arising from their work. Too many middlemen!

I wanted to have children and I wanted to be with the person I was in love with.

I think that happens every five years or so when 'Friends' moves to a different channel. I think basically everybody has seen it now. It's so good, and timeless. Actually I don't know if it's timeless, I haven't seen it for years.

I love the idea of seeing a character - I mean, there's nothing like seeing a character and having the huge detail and roundness that a character in a book can give you. It's so much more full than a character in a script can give you, isn't it?

Today's culture is based on selling us a lifestyle that does not exist. It is selling us values that are worth nothing. It is plain wrong.

As a teenager I was quite conventional in the way I dressed, more so than now. I tried to be rebellious but I was really lame at it.

People expect because it is called 'Friends' that everyone was great friends, but they were real professionals.

I've pursued every avenue open to me ever, so I don't really understand the idea that I walked away from opportunities.

Loads of people call me Bax. In my family I'm often called Hel, which isn't as nice.

We've still got a cathode ray TV with a big back. An ancient, massive thing. All our teenagers' friends come round and say the TV's really cool. The picture is so much better than HD TVs - everything looks like film. It's not digital, and we still haven't got Netflix. It's too confusing.

Listen, I'm extremely lucky. I can't complain at all. I've had a very good go at it. But there is no doubt that as a woman it gets harder as you get older. I don't think it's so hard for men - that's the same in a lot of industries.

When you're young you don't appreciate your youth and marvel in it like you should, you find endless flaws instead.

I have noticed that there are fewer parts for women of a certain age. You hit a certain age, and undoubtedly there's less opportunity. That's not all right. Who wants to see only men on our screens?

Valentine's Day isn't always as much fun as many of us would like.

I met my partner, actor David Elliot, when we were both in the play 'La Ronde' by Arthur Schnitzler.

Of course you come back after a long day and are heavy hearted when all of your scenes are unremittingly upsetting or angry, but I don't take it home with me.

There are so many detective shows on television, aren't there? There's a real glut of grisly and violent ones, that aren't my cup of tea.

I used to try to carry the weight of my character around with me, but I just can't do that now, it's too hard.

If I'm on a beach I'm the one to find the ammonite, or in a field I'll find the four-leaf clover.

I don't know what drippy means, but it's not very nice. To be drippy. I don't feel like I drip much at all.

Heights are a problem for me. I'm not a brave flier and I'd never jump out of a plane or do a bungee jump.

When I was growing up, we used to be like the Royle family, sitting around watching lots of TV and commenting on it. It was our focal point.

I suit high passions, and I can play women who have undercurrents going on.

I obviously wasn't cool enough as a teenager.

I've never done a zip wire. I'm a scaredy-cat.

I don't know if there are many misconceptions. One is that my birthday is on Valentine's Day. It's on 7 June.

There is this perception that TV is glamorous and it is the pinnacle of your existence - I don't think it is.

When you're given the chance, you can't really not go to the Caribbean, can you?

Those people in 'Friends' could not go out without being hounded, shouted at or followed. Who wants that? I don't want that.

'Cuckoo' really is one of the best shows I've ever been in. I'm genuinely excited and proud to be a part of it.