Top 86 Miranda Hart Quotes
#1. As a woman, it seems you can't just be a comedian; you're always classed as something else, too, whether that's 'beautiful,' 'pint-sized,' 'larger-than-life' or in my case, 'Hattie Jacques-esque,' 'the giraffe,' 'big.'
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#2. Manicures: Which are basically just holding hands with a stranger for forty-five minutes whilst listening to Enya.
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#3. I see myself as a comedian rather than a female comedian. I happen to be a woman, but I am a comedian by trade.
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#4. (Note to anyone considering joining a class: there is no need to turn up in full Strictly Come Dancing salsa outfit including fake tan. Everyone just wears jeans. Briefly awkward.)
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#5. I'll always have to force myself to see the positive, because I'm wired badly, I'd say. I'm just naturally a bit under, a bit depressed.
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#6. Writing humour certainly involves pain. A sitcom is 6 months of writing pain!
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#7. Get me a skinny frappuccino. I have no idea what that is - I would like to think you would be presented with a tiny Italian man.
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#8. I want to be more physical and theatrical within the stand-up. There might be dance moments, and people better watch out - I will gallop.
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#9. There are some professions that culturally and sociologically take a long time to change, and because of that, there's still sexism in comedy audiences. We shouldn't blame them: I do it too. A woman comes on, and I feel slightly anxious. I'm a woman in comedy, and I do that; I think everyone does.
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#10. I'm not a stereotypically beautiful woman, and I'm so happy that I'm not. I've seen those ladies - the need to be attractive at all times is ghastly. Also, in your twenties, if you are beautiful, everything comes to you, so you never need to develop a personality. I never had that problem.
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#11. Art is subjective and art as a form of entertainment escapism is as high art as any.
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#12. I think it's sad when people stop dreaming, or start losing hope. Because holding onto the bonkers dream might just turn out to be the most marvellous thing you ever did.
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#13. Very important to celebrate victories, however tiny, I always say.
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#14. About me - I used to want to be a P.E. teacher, and kind of still do.
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#15. I have always thought of comedy as an important job and medium, and so I put pressure on myself to do the best I can.
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#16. The main reason I got into comedy was in the hope that I could make a few people laugh and feel better about life, and the fact that I do that is quite overwhelming, really.
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#17. I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.
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#18. I'd like someone tall, dark and nice. Independent and confident. Not a macho man. Perhaps a little bit girly, in a way. The key for me is if we can cry with laughter.
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#19. I'm not saying writing comedy's brain surgery, but there is a certain pressure to it. It's the equivalent of doing homework that's going to end up on national television.
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#20. I'm not particularly into the formal, political side of faith, although I am spiritual and I do have a faith. But 'Strictly Come Dancing' is my religion.
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#21. I know there are fewer women comics, and I think there'll continue to be an inherent sexism in many industries, comedy being one, just because things do take a while to evolve. Things are changing, but it's going to take time. I accept this rather than getting angry about it.
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#23. Life is a series of embarrassing moments which leave you feeling alone in your confusion and shame
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#24. My whole family is obsessed by brandy butter. And bread sauce. Then, of course, there will be a lot of wind in the afternoon! We have never disguised the wind side of our lives as a family; we think it's hilarious.
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#25. Have I finally convinced you that it's always best to be who you are?
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#26. It's a real man who can go out with a woman who's taller than he is. That's an alpha male right there.
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#27. Because I have a dog, it's easier to work at home: I sit in a horrible weird 'Mastermind'-style chair and bask in my own mediocrity. Being single, I've no family life to distract me at the end of the day. Apart from taking the dog for a walk, I have no other responsibilities.
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#28. If you're naturally a certain size, I think it suits you and you can see that. There's no point in trying to conform for the sake of it. People are meant to be different shapes, and their different shapes are so interesting and, ultimately, why people fall in love with them.
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#30. I own nothing of value at all. I spend money on experiences.
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#31. We all have our worries about our bodies and our looks. We just need to make the best of our lovely, wonky selves. The key is never to compare and try to be something you're not.
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#32. I started watching some 'Doctor Who' recently on my own and got too scared. I had to watch it in the daytime - I'm pathetic.
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#33. I do feel that there is a little confusion in people's minds between the real me and sitcom Miranda. I am pleased that people identify with the character, but I think they want me to be her and are disappointed that the real Miranda doesn't actually fall into graves or be that rubbish at life.
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#34. I have written the only diet book that I believe needs to exist, and here it is: CHAPTER ONE: Eat a bit less. CHAPTER TWO: Move about a bit more. THE END.
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#35. Everyone - particularly my female friends I speak to - all say 'I wouldn't be in my twenties again if I was paid.' It's a difficult time.
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#36. I have a fantastic method for anti-ageing. It's eating. Plumps out your skin beautifully.
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#37. I did things like get in a cupboard before the teacher came in at the beginning of a lesson, and then, two minutes before the end of the class, I come out of the cupboard and go, 'Sorry I'm late.'
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#38. I've always felt a bit of an outsider. It used to worry me that, in terms of TV, I did not look like 'the girlfriend' or 'the daughter'. That pushed me to write my own stuff, as I thought no one else was going to write me a lead in the sitcom.
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#39. I never admitted what I wanted to do for a career to anyone until I was 26. I wish I'd piped up at 18.
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#40. It's on the bucket list for sure to do a comedy film, even if it was just one line on the lot.
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#41. Being tall is very good for reaching high shelves and seeing in a crowd. Sadly, it has also given me the inability to dance. There's too much of me to look neat, which is most disappointing.
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#42. I've never felt like a woman fighting in a male world; I've never felt penalised.
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#43. Things don't have to come to you in your youth. It's fine for them to come to you when you get older. That's a motto in my household.
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#44. You need to know that even as life develops in superficially disappointing ways, there is still fun to be had.
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#45. I tried to be grown up but I have no interest in abiding by the adult rulebook. I want to do fun things that make me happy [ ... ] You might call me a child. Good. For if adults had even the slightest in-the-moment joy of a child then frankly the world would be a better place.
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#46. Live in hope. Because things do happen. Things do change. Worry really is futile. Don't fear the future. Dreams do come true.
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#47. My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, 'You're the funniest person I know'. I loved that.
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#49. I think babies are a bit boring, actually. They're OK when they're older; they make you laugh. I think we all think that, really - we just don't say it.
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#50. To varying degrees, we all feel awkward. Whether we hide it with arrogance, shyness, modesty; whether we play the clown or the trendsetter, everyone struggles.
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#51. No blessing goes uncontested. It will take a long time to get your dream.
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#52. You want comedic themes to be recogniseable life truths that we all battle with, and with that comes the healing properties of comedy.
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#53. I am not married, no. I wasn't really into the notion when I was younger, but now I think a proposal is the ultimate romantic gesture.
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#54. Look in the mirror and say, 'There is none other like you and for that reason alone you are beautiful.
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#55. We are all unique, which makes us beautiful; so never despair, and just chill the hell out about it all.
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#56. My greatest crush was Chandler from 'Friends.' And Goran Ivanisevic.
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#57. I hate the fact that we all feel the pressure to go to gyms, have a trainer if money allows, get jogging - all those societal pressures to keep fit and look a certain way.
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#58. There are some wonderful aspects to Christmas. It's magical. And each year, from at least November, well, September, well, if I'm honest, May, I look forward to it hugely.
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#59. Reviews are written by people who don't understand the process of sitcom. I don't read reviews of anything. I go by word of mouth.
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#60. Never go to the supermarket when you're hungry.' There you go. Doesn't get wiser than that. Fact.
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#61. Marriage was never a dream or an ambition for me. I thank my real mother for the fact that - unlike my sitcom mother - she never put any pressure on me or my sister to marry.
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#62. People come up to me and say, 'Can I just thank you for writing my life?' And I reply, 'I'm glad someone else is as idiotic as I am.'
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#63. No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs.
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#64. I only really and truly fully relax on my own. Give me a sun lounger, a pool and a sea view, and I'm happy.
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#65. I'm quite a confident person in many ways, but there's only so much you can hear about being compared to Hattie Jacques. For the record, she was a comedy goddess, but she was 25 stone. I hope I'm right in saying I'm not in any way nearly 25 stone.
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#66. We all get given these bodies, and they're all fascinating and different ... I wouldn't want to be without the wrinkles.
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#67. Obviously I love the fans, and it's beyond lovely that people like my work, and I love saying 'Hi,' shaking a hand, doing a high five. All that's fine. But the posing for photos is so time-consuming and frankly a bit weird.
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#68. I don't know who St. Valentine was, but I hope he died alone, surrounded by couples.
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#69. My Dear Reader Chum, a very hearty hello to you. What an honour and privilege it is to have you perusing my written word.
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#70. However much I might have yearned to be one of The Beautiful Ones, particularly at those ghastly school discos, where any desperate attempt to impress the opposite sex lead to at best deep humiliation, I now feel extremely blessed that I wasn't.
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#71. I am pleased to say that as I get older, I get less and less like the sitcom 'Miranda.' She is really a clown character, a heightened version of the 20-something me.
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#72. When my sitcom 'Miranda' first became successful, I was so in the thick of working and I was so stressed that I didn't really enjoy the moment. You suddenly look back and go, 'Gosh, you've just got to enjoy every day.' And now I wake up and literally pinch myself every day.
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#73. I'm very much in denial that I can't dance. I really go for it, which is almost more embarrassing.
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#75. I do love to cry. I'll cry at the drop of a hat. I'll cry at your basic television programme, let alone a weepie. But not big, heavy, serious crying. I haven't done that for a while, which is a relief. More like a little welling up of joy.
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#76. In my head, I have the most sensational singing voice. I perform concerts to thousands in the shower. The reality is I can hold a tune. The dream is a West End musical one day - no, really!
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#77. The embarrassment of a situation can, once you are over it, be the funniest time in your life. And I suppose a lot of my comedy comes from painful moments or experiences in life, and you just flip them on their head.
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#78. If I had had plastic surgery, I would have asked for something better than the face you are seeing! I actually really hate plastic surgery when it's just for aesthetics and anti-ageing. I think ageing is beautiful and expressive and characterful.
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#79. I have lots of ambitions. I'd love to do theatre. I'd like to be in 'Tea With Mussolini 2;' I'd like to touch Meryl Streep - which would involve being with her in some exotic location. I have lots of fantastical dreams.
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#80. I am essentially a middle-aged woman who likes making up weird snack combinations and galloping.
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#81. I wanted to be a farmer's wife. I thought it would be quite fun to wake up of a morning, collect eggs and have sheep and pigs as pets. I know now that it would also involve having to sleep with the farmer, but at the time I wasn't thinking about the sexual implications - I was 11.
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#82. People are obviously going to mention what I look like, but it's a shame it has to be a key part. I can't just be Miranda.
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#83. I suppose you want me to say I'm at parties all the time and am secretly going out with Tom Cruise, but I am afraid that is not the case. I'm still in my pyjamas at nine o'clock each night, watching ITV2 without telling anyone.
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#84. I hate talking about my height, because I don't feel like a tall person ... When I see a tall woman, I'm always slightly like, 'Whoa.' It looks weird, but that could be because of my complex about it, my worry over whether it's womanly to be that tall.
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#85. By the age of 13, I knew I wanted to be a comedian like Morecambe and Wise. So, obviously, I thought I'd better start practising my interviews for Parkinson. Don't look shocked - I wasn't the only teenager to imagine that. Though I may have been the only one to have chosen T'Pau as my walk-on music.
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#86. I hope your dreams have come or will come true. Or you feel inspired to down tools on what you wrongly thought was making you happy and follow the real dream.
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