Having someone else to blame when there is a rude smell in the air..

Usually, certainly British singers, adopt an American accent when they sing and I think that usually people are thinking of somebody else, but I just….

I cant read a note of music. I just do it all from ear..

I just find it thrilling, especially when I totally lock in to the person that I am doing and I'm really flying... I suppose I am hiding myself when ….

When I think of Marilyn Monroe, and achieving her sound, I think of having a rather large bust. I think of her physically and I am just able to creat….

My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice..

I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people..

My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea what The Lonesome Baby was about. I just re….

Mimicking people was something I did already..

Mike Leigh encourages you to choose a person that you know to base your character on. You write a whole list of people that you know and you go throu….

I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think that anybody can quite live up to your expectations..

I find singing as somebody else very liberating, it just frees me up..

I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked..