“I'm not saying writing comedy's brain surgery, but there is a certain ...” — Miranda Hart Quote

“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.”

“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.'”

“My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, 'You're the funniest person I know'. I loved that.”

“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.”

“We all get given these bodies, and they're all fascinating and different... I wouldn't want to be without the wrinkles.”

“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.”

“Television isn't brain surgery.”

“It's a frustrating game because the situations so drastically change at different times over the course of the week, the game, the season. It feels like brain surgery at times.”

“I never thought make-up was like brain surgery.”

“First of all, you want to make sure you find a doctor that is a board-certified specialist in whatever that field is - whatever it is - whether it's plastic surgery, facial plastic surgery, ocular plastic surgery, brain surgery, whatever it is. And two, if they do a procedure, you want to make sure they do a lot of it.”

“Let me put it this way: I don't plan to retire. What would I do, become a brain surgeon? I mean, a brain surgeon can retire and write novels, but a novelist can't retire and do brain surgery - or at least he better not.”

“I properly enjoy what I do, but I know it's not brain surgery. I don't take myself too seriously.”