I like to think that I offer more woman per square inch.
Hannah Waddingham
I can't really say my height has hindered me in the theater, though it really has hindered me in TV. It's just something you have to embrace, your height.
I spent a whole year in 'Spamalot' and didn't have one drop of alcohol.
And I couldn't have a less witchy nose in real life, could I? I mean, it's a button.
If L. Frank Baum had written 'Wicked,' I'd have done. It doesn't appeal to me at all and never did.
When I did 'Spamalot,' the joke was that I was a foot taller than Tim Curry.
People say to me, 'Why do you do these ugly parts?' And it's because at the end of the day, I'm an actress, and I crave the dark and the light within one job.
It was a complete no-brainer. Literally, the call came through: Andrew Lloyd Webber wanting to offer you, with no audition, The Wicked Witch of the West at the London Palladium - I'm in!
Sondheim informs us, more than any other composer, about the joys, passion and pain of being a woman living in various social conditions through the ages with frightening accuracy. Playing a variety of his characters has always made me feel like I'm having a free therapy session through his words and music!
