Top 22 Penny Lancaster Quotes

I’m lucky that I have a supportive partner who loves me when I’m bigger as well as slim.

I used to be very into fitness and would happily pose for photos in my bikini. Now I look at those and think, ‘Where did that body go?’ But that was before children.

While wedged in the middle of a transparent rubber ring at a Dubai water park, I couldn’t help but notice that I appeared to have grown my own rubber ring around my midriff.

Rod has always been like my third child and my most demanding boy out of the three.

Rod and I are naturally in love, and that is what binds us together. But to keep the spark alive in your relationship, you really have to work at it.

Rod and I believe that it’s our duty to set an example, which means teaching our children to treat others as they would wish to be treated.

If I had a partner who asked when I was going to the gym or commented that I was eating too much or asked if I really needed an extra potato, that would make me feel awful. It would be terrible.

There’s less pressure to look good as you get older.

Rod’s always been a keen sportsman, so he didn’t live as excessive a life as some musicians.

There are so many places I have visited which are unusual, but the ones my family and I tend to always go back to are those in Europe, particularly France and Italy.

As long as you try your best, that is all that matters. You don’t have to be the fastest runner or top of the class.

I like the idea of going to see the ice caps and the polar bears, because who knows how long they are going to be around for?

Rod and I are living a very charmed and fortunate life, and I wouldn’t change it for the world.

Whenever Rod has four of five days off, he’ll be bouncing off the walls with boredom.

I used to get called Lady Penelope at school because the other kids thought I spoke nicely.

Rod always dresses for dinner – even if I just want to wear tracksuit bottoms, he dresses up.

People often say that if you have to work hard at a marriage, then it’s not naturally good, but I think that’s totally wrong.

I was bullied from the age of 11 onwards. I was always much bigger than the other kids. I spoke nicely, didn’t swear, and I refused to try to fit in and be like everyone else. People assumed I thought I was above everyone else.

I got the best of Rod. And I am fully aware that, even though I love listening to his stories of the crazy days, no relationship could really last then. I sometimes wish I could go back in time to the 1970s or 1980s, sit at a bar, and observe him, but I’m glad our time came when it did.

I really do believe that being naturally beautiful is what is inside and what shines through.

I happily went on holiday with my parents until I was 18, because we always had such a good time that I didn’t want to venture off and do my own thing. I have very fond memories of those holidays with my brother, mum, and dad.

I wouldn’t like to say that I spend most of my time on holiday, but I have done a lot of traveling and have been to a lot of places.