Clive Anderson Quotes

I'm a trained lawyer, after all, so I don't have to admit to anything.

If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You are passing a greater burden on to people poorer than yourself, and depriving even poorer people of your support.

I do find myself surprised by the comedy shows that seem to have the same joke week in week out.

I try to make myself walk around a bit, but I probably think about it more than I actually do it. Years ago, I did think about joining a gym.

Well, I'm happier talking about other people than me.

I am attached to the west coast of Scotland - it's gorgeous to look at and challenging. You have to contend with the possibility of being blown away or rained on. And in the summer months you can be eaten alive by midges.

I don't think I'm really a rude person, but now I see myself on television, I think, 'Oh, God, that is a bit strong.' And I wonder if I've always been like that and I haven't been aware of it.

My favourite plant is the foxglove. I think they are a perfect balance between being a garden plant and a wild plant, as at home in woodland as they are in a city.

The labour Party has lost the last four elections. If they lose another, they get to keep the liberal party.

I like New York. There are similarities with London that make it feel rather like home, but at the same time it's slightly fictional.

You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers.

I like being forced to think about things in a different way.

I like to think of myself as a natural gardener.

It's true, people don't imagine I'd be particularly woody.

I'm not bald. I'm just taller than my hair.

If you look at it ecologically, deforestation is high on the list of things which bring devastation. You cut down trees to build homes, for fuel, and you end up with no trees left, and you have to move on. If you take the earth as a whole, eventually there's nowhere to move on to.

Gardening has just sort of grown on me. I find it therapeutic. And I like smelly things.

It is a bit frustrating. Things come and go in television. At the moment they've gone.

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

I'm pale-skinned so I don't feel at my best on a beach.

I have done well out of TV, but not well enough to buy football clubs. I'm not sure it's ever a way to make money.