Ruby Wax
Ruby Wax
Ruby Wax, OBE is an American actress, mental health campaigner, lecturer, and author who holds both American and British citizenship...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth19 April 1953
CityEvanston, IL
CountryUnited States of America
american-comedian bringing degree graduation
College atheletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil.
football women games
I knew nothing about football, then someone showed me a film of Petit and I realised how interesting the game could be. He is divine. When I met him I could barely speak, he was so gorgeous. Women will love that show.
friends
Some interviewees you make friends with and some you don't.
mom mother home
I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mom to come home.
revenge careers whole
My whole career has been an act of revenge.
carbohydrates protein
I don't combine proteins and carbohydrates.
years wrinkles skins
I am lucky to have good Polish skin that doesn't wrinkle so I might be around for a few years yet.
jealous my-boyfriend letters
Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.
doors house nannies
Nannies love working in our house because they never know who's gonna walk through the door.
insane safe made
What once made you safe now drives you insane.
book imagination looks
I always ask the booksellers to look at me and recommend a book; 9 out of 10, they get it right; it’s usually a book about someone dysfunctional. To me bookstores are like brothels of imagination, each book is luring me over going, 'Read me, read me'.
funny witty humorous
I'm a misplaced American, but don't know where I was misplaced
years fake pox
Depressions are very cyclical, they happen once every five years. When I was on TV, yes I was effervescent, you can't fake it. It [depression] comes like the pox.
friends jealous laughing
You have to be great friends and make each other laugh. We laugh a lot and neither is jealous of the other.