I wanted to be a farmer's wife. I thought it would be quite fun to wake up of a morning, collect eggs and have sheep and pigs as pets. I know now that it would also involve having to sleep with the farmer, but at the time I wasn't thinking about the sexual implications - I was 11. Miranda Hart collecteggfarmer share on social
My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, 'You're the funniest person I know'. I loved that. Miranda Hart agofunnylove Change image and share on social
If taking one-self seriously as a woman means committing to a life of grooming, pumicing, pruning and polishing one's exterior for the benefit of onlookers, then I may as well leave my unwieldy rucksack to the top of a bleak Scottish hill and make my home there under a stone, where I'll fashion shoes out of mud and clothes out of leaves. Miranda Hart benefitbleakclothe share on social