“I think my father couldn't wait to get home to his wife, but I don't k...” — Mary Berry Quote

“I think my father couldn't wait to get home to his wife, but I don't know if he was so keen on us children.”

“I don't like showing cleavage because I get cold, and if I had fantastic legs, I might wear short skirts - but I think at 78, one's got to act one's age.”

“I would always stand up for women, but I don't want women's rights and all that sort of thing. I love to have men around, and I suppose if you're a true feminist, you get on and do it yourself. I love it when someone says, 'I'll get your coat' or, 'I'll look after you', or offers you a seat on the bus. I'm thrilled to bits. I'm not a feminist.”

“I won't cook in deep fat. Years ago, I met a fireman who said most kitchen fires were caused by deep fat, and I don't think that's changed. Oven chips are good enough for my grandchildren, and they're chuffed with that.”

“Dad thought something very fishy was going on when, at 22, I was offered a job for £1,000 a year - more than Dad paid his own staff - for inventing cheese recipes and writing leaflets at the Dutch Dairy Bureau in London.”

“In a world with a permanent filter, we are keen to peel back the layers.”

“I'm keen to get as many minutes as I can.”

“I was interested in Prozac from a personal point of view because I can be a bit moody - things do get on top of me sometimes - so I was quite keen to find out what it would do to my personality.”

“I was really keen on horse-riding, too, but I knew I had to give it up to give more time to swimming.”

“I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written by people who knew their science.”

“At first, I wasn't really keen on the idea of me being on stage having to sing in front of people.”