Claudia Winkleman

I don't have any secrets; I don't believe in secrets. ”

I never go to parties. I never go to premieres. You can't play that game, because it's short-lived and you want a life. ”

If you meet a girl who says: 'Darling, what do you mean? Of course I wear suspenders. I've worn them all my life. I think tights are for old people,' then know this: she's desperate to have kids, she wants you and her to live in the same house as her mum, she never wants to go out and she just wants to lie on your chest for the next 15 years. ”

All my life, I have avoided any sort of exercise. I don't enjoy sweating and I think people who show off about having just done 20 press-ups are pretty weird. ”

Hiring someone to look after your children is about the most important thing you will ever do in your life. ”

Look, I just read out loud for a living. Most of my friends are doctors or lawyers, people I went to university with, they're on the train at 7 A.M. and don't get home until 7 P.M. They work bloody hard, and they're allowed to be overwhelmed. I don't think I'm allowed, really. ”

I loved 'Life is Beautiful' and action films are great, like 'Die Hard.' My favourite is the mob film - 'Goodfellas,' 'The Godfather,' 'Once Upon a Time In America,' anything with Robert De Niro in it. ”

I go to bed with as much makeup on as I can so I look cooler in my dreams. ”

If a straight man dresses well, chances are he's not straight. ”

I was a sucker for glamorous women in shoulderpads eating fancy things like eggs benedict. ”