Jane Asher ( 10 of 10 )
I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside read more
I look at myself objectively and in a way I see myself as a commodity. Your name becomes somehow outside yourself. Now, when I'm at home being Mrs. Scarfe, that's when I'm most myself.
I think one wants lots of different lives.
I think one wants lots of different lives.
Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it read more
Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody.
I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be read more
I think all good writing is a struggle. To write as well as you feel you can has to be a struggle, almost by definition, because you could always improve.
Having done lifestyle books and being an actress, I suppose it made sense to bring the two together. I think read more
Having done lifestyle books and being an actress, I suppose it made sense to bring the two together. I think that's what happened.
Acting has been very useful to me.
Acting has been very useful to me.
I enjoy the crafts on the show enormously, too, when we have experts in showing how to make things. You read more
I enjoy the crafts on the show enormously, too, when we have experts in showing how to make things. You watch them thinking you'll go home and do the things yourself, which is fun. Some I have done myself later on.
There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a read more
There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a book the next and then be in a play. Then, if they all come out at once, it looks as if you're actually juggling a million things.
Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me-I don't now sit at home doing a cake for the read more
Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me-I don't now sit at home doing a cake for the fun of it anymore. But it's an extremely happy and pleasureable business to run because people are generally buying cakes for celebrations.
I learned basic cookery from my mom, taught myself cake techniques and then got fed up with my own cakes read more
I learned basic cookery from my mom, taught myself cake techniques and then got fed up with my own cakes not looking as good as the ones in the shops.