I don’t have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
PALOMA FAITHI don’t have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
PALOMA FAITHI’m really into food; it’s one of my favourite things – everything from potato waffles to lobster.
PALOMA FAITHAdele’s like a beacon of honesty. Doesn’t compromise, goes to America and she’s still the same sweary cockney.
PALOMA FAITHI mean, my music career and my acting career – if I want to do them to the extent that I eventually do want to get to, it’s going to be a bit of a balancing act. But I’m hoping they’ll just go hand in hand.
PALOMA FAITHI don’t understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have.
PALOMA FAITHThere’s nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
PALOMA FAITHIf I see something that inspires me, I’ll dress like it.
PALOMA FAITHI vote Labour and can’t begin to acknowledge anything good that comes from a Tory.
PALOMA FAITHI feel curious about every situation I’m in.
PALOMA FAITHI’m not interested in what other people are doing. That’s their business.
PALOMA FAITHMum doesn’t like it when I mention that Dad’s a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.
PALOMA FAITHWhen I do my shows, it’s really cross-generational. Sometimes there’s three generations there.
PALOMA FAITHI’m not one for sightseeing or going around the shops when I’m on holiday. I do enough shopping when I’m at home, and like to have a complete break when I’m away.
PALOMA FAITHCelebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don’t want it to be.
PALOMA FAITHWe live in a society where everything’s packaged.
PALOMA FAITHI’m not a pop act, churning stuff out really quickly. I find the music that arises from that style of working is distracted, not particularly profound.
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