Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.

To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother.

Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.

Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.

I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don't feel that kind of terror which traditionally anyone who has to do any public speaking feels. It's worse for actors, because our livelihood depends on it.

Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that's only a recent development.

I'm an immensely shy and vulnerable woman. My husband has never seen me naked. Nor has he expressed the least desire to do so.