5 Quotes & Sayings By Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate is an English actress, writer, singer and comedian. She is best known for her work on the panel game QI, her television roles as Jeanette Winterson in The Catherine Tate Show (2001) and Agnes Maud in Spaced (1999), and her sketch comedy work for shows including Not Going Out, Big Train, Live at the Apollo and Have I Got News for You. Tate has also recorded with Richard Herring, often playing characters with no discernible talent or discipline.

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If you want more people to come to the theatre, don't put the prices at £50. You have to make theatre inclusive, and at the moment the prices are exclusive. Putting TV stars in plays just to get people in is wrong. You have to have the right people in the right parts. Stunt casting and being gimmicky does the theatre a great disservice. You have to lure people by getting them excited about a theatrical experience. Catherine Tate
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It's never been a point of reference to look to a man. It's not always a good thing, I suppose, but I think independence is always preferable to dependence. Catherine Tate
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How nice it would be to breeze through life and just brush things off. I never read reviews because I hate to lose more than I like to win I experience negative emotions far greater than positive ones. Catherine Tate
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I realised that if you get yourself labeled as the funny one, people don't look any further. I've used that as I've got older. It's controlling: I decide what part of my personality you're seeing. I don't want you to look at me, I really don't. I don't want you to comment on my clothes, my hair or the way I look. Catherine Tate