I am simply not such a slave to my vanity, and I don’t want to be, because as you get older you really have to start accepting the inevitable. Cherie Lunghi Read Quote
There is so much pressure to be thin, and you constantly compare yourself to others. But confidence is something that comes with age and experience – it has to be earned along the way. Cherie Lunghi Read Quote
Sadly, the timing’s never been right. There have been men who would have married me but I didn’t feel the same, and vice versa. Cherie Lunghi Read Quote
I grew up in a very political household. My mum used to shout at the television. At Mrs. Thatcher. Cherie Lunghi Read Quote
I’ve got an overactive, analytical brain. I get frustrated, impatient, angry with myself. I swear at myself a lot. Cherie Lunghi Read Quote
There’s something about ‘Strictly Come Dancing.’ Everywhere I go, people wish me good luck; cabbies toot their horns. It’s lovely. I have a theory: in straitened times, there’s nothing like a bit of unapologetic escapism. Cherie Lunghi Read Quote
I wear my lines like a soldier wears his medals. They’ve been earned. They’ve been fought for – so there’s no reason to be ashamed of them. In your 50s, you just care less about that sort of thing. I think it’s to do with what’s inside you. You can’t obsess about the outside. Cherie Lunghi Read Quote
People ask me how I manage without a man in the same tone they might ask someone how they’re doing with just one lung, but it’s not like that at all. Cherie Lunghi Read Quote
To keep my back from getting stiff, I have a strict regime every morning of stretching and do yoga once a week and Pilates. ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in 2008 was great for my fitness. Cherie Lunghi Read Quote
