“I need to be frightened of things. I hate it, but I must need it, beca...” — Nigella Lawson Quote

I need to be frightened of things. I hate it, but I must need it, because it's what I do.

Then again, they're not scripted and I feel it's virtually impossible to be anything but yourself when you're in front of the cameras and cooking so there is a measure of truth in what you see.

I don't like conflict.

I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour.

Gordon Ramsay makes me laugh because he knows that I'm not a chef.

Research is not an obstacle, something to be frightened of. It can be one of the real joys of writing.

When I realised that I had feelings for men as well as women, at first I was worried and frightened, and there was a certain amount of 'Who am I? Am I a criminal?' and so on. It took me a long time to come to terms with myself. Those were painful years - painful then and painful to look back on.

The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.

If you get asked to play a part that makes you feel frightened, then you have to do it. 'Medea' is the opportunity of a lifetime.