Tracey Ullman Quotes

born 1959 England

Tracey Ullman (born Trace Ullman; 30 December 1959) is a British and American actress of film, television, and theatre. She's most famous for her award-winning multi-character variety television shows.

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Also known as: Tracy Ullman

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Some kids can play the piano or kick a football; I could just impersonate everyone.

Oh, yeah, she's that snippy little Brit girl who takes all the parts so no one else gets a crack at it.

Tracey Takes On (1996)

Dignity, girls! Ageing with dignity – that's the thing.

The BBC said the only thing they didn’t like about the show was those weird little animated characters and suggested maybe they could get rid of them because they would never catch on.

I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It would be insulting.

My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors.

I wouldn't do anything mean spirited. If it's in the wrong spirit, or if its not honest, then I wouldn't do it. It's got to honest. Otherwise, what's the point?

I was never a child. I was always a menopausal woman within a child's body.

Tracey Takes On (1996)

Why does everyone think the future is space helmets, silver foil, and talking like computers, like a bad episode of Star Trek?

Tracking Tracey (1989)

You see, most people with multiple personalities get therapy. I get my own HBO comedy series!

Tracey Takes On (1996)

There's real fear of aging in this country, which I don’t share. It seems to be an American nightmare, especially for women. There’s nothing worse than a woman trying to look like she did when she was 32 when she is 58. It’s like, “Have some dignity, guys—just go with it!”

I thought, is this what it's all about? Do you have to be blonde and girly and have freckles and a snub-nose and sort of act the coquette in show business? WELL YES!

Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed (2005)

I thought I'd end up in a Swiss sanitarium. It was brutally hard work. I could barely see my family.

Ullman, By Hook & By 'Crooks (2000)

My face is a good one for doing impersonations. I’ve got small eyes, a low brow and a big head ... When I worked at the BBC in the 80s the only wigs that would fit me were Mike Yardwood's.

I love John Waters. There's stuff in it that's beyond the boundaries of my taste, but his movies have always been like that.

Q&A: Tracey Ullman (2004)

In 1976 I was sweet 16. Well, I was never sweet, but I was 16.

Tracey Takes On (1996)

I'm as famous as I want to be.

Ullman, By Hook & By 'Crooks (2000)

Every character I do is based on someone I know. I try to justify every sketch we do. If it's not working, we find someone to talk to who it has happened to.

Tracking Tracey (1989)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tracey Ullman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.