We get a lot of overseas people wanting to order cakes. Jane Asher More Quotes by Jane Asher More Quotes From Jane Asher I adore food and always have. Jane Asher adore I do enjoy fashion - a lot of runway clothes are pretty unwearable, but if moderated, the trends can be worn by just about anyone. Jane Asher clothes trends fashion I do find modern jazz quite tricky. Jane Asher modern tricky jazz Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody. Jane Asher dressing-up acting silly I was always very determined, as was my husband, that we wouldn't let any of our children act when they were young. Jane Asher determined husband children I'm a creature of habit, so I like going to boutiques, rather than larger stores, where I know I'll find something that suits me every time. Jane Asher stores suits habit My parents were not theatrical at all. Jane Asher theatrical parent The things you leave school knowing - some dates and long division - so much of it has been of no use to me. Schools should teach the basics of cookery, first aid, how to look after your money and how to speak foreign languages. Useful things. Jane Asher knowing long school Spreadable butter is wonderful for cake-making: it's much easier to cream than the block type and slightly lighter because it's blended with oil. Jane Asher cake oil block Thank God I've never had the sort of intense fame that means you can't walk up the road. That sort of blazing stardom must be difficult to cope with and maintain; my career has just bubbled along happily. Jane Asher walk you thank-god god I enjoy the crafts on the show enormously, too, when we have experts in showing how to make things. You watch them thinking you'll go home and do the things yourself, which is fun. Some I have done myself later on. Jane Asher yourself myself you home There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a book the next and then be in a play. Then, if they all come out at once, it looks as if you're actually juggling a million things. Jane Asher you illusion book looks I'm not advocating we should all be back in the kitchen and cooking all the time, because life's too short and we've got more interesting things to do. But to rediscover the intense pleasure of making a cake and putting it down on the table is ridiculously satisfying, out of all proportion to the work. Jane Asher cooking work time life