Sue Perkins Quotes

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Sue Perkins

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 22, 1969

I don't really drink, but the one thing I really hanker after is Zubrowka vodka. If it's someone's birthday, I'll pretend I like red wine for about three sips.

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You're never going to persuade a meat-eater to become a vegetarian on taste grounds. They're completely different. One is a cleaner, fresher taste: it hasn't got that bass-note beefiness.

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I'm not against embracing my femininity, but I've never bought into the idea that you have to wear a dress to do that.

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In Hebrew, the name Susan means 'graceful lily' - in Khmer, it means 'girl with the bad puns,' and in ancient Aztec, it translates as 'she with the cockerel hair and dirty glasses.'

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By making the gay character funny and sweet but above all normal, you make a far better, longer lasting statement than you would if you had an entirely gay comedy.

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I am happier with my face since I started wearing glasses at 27, because they punctuate it. They also hide one of my biggest defects, my baggy eyes.

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It's always a treat for me to go to the British Library.

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A great conductor is an alchemical force: someone who can absorb the historical weight of a famous melody, the expectations of an audience, and the mercurial brilliance of a host of musicians, and shape them all to his or her interpretative ends.

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I'm OK with my appearance. I have made my peace with it after a long and frankly exhausting battle.

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I'd have worked with an orchestra, been a chef, or a zoo keeper.

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Googling yourself is like staring at a flame and then putting your hand in it.

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I like '24.' But I have to wait until it comes out, then watch it all in 24 hours. You really let yourself go in that one day; you just eat crisps and wander around madly ranting.

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I don't think anyone can listen to a Smiths song and not scream your lungs out in recognition of what it's like to feel odd.

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'Bleak House' remains a great novel for me, and I love 'David Copperfield.'

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I read a lot when I was at college, but really, only a few of Dickens's books work for me.

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I was an international krumper at one time. I can't talk about it, really, because when you've lived for krump like I have, when you get a bit older and you move away from it, it's hard.

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I'd love to see Kate Bush, full stop.

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I'd really like to see Mary Berry busting out a Pitbull number!

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I wanted to set 'Heading Out' in a real world, a concept I originally struggled with, as I don't have a proper job.

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I don't have it in my personality to be frightened of things.

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