"It suddenly hit me one day: after we're married I'll be called Mrs T Leaf!"

“On my mother's side I'm Polish-Jewish, and on my father's side I'm Scottish puffin.”

“Tamsing Greig's bio in the Internet Movie Database”

“Tamsin Greig's interview on the Green Wing "microsite.”

“I said to one of them, "Look after the baby, I've got washing," because we've got washable nappies. I said, "Look after the baby. Entertain her, do some words," because she's saying words, "Do any words." So I came back after I scraped all the stuff off, and he was going, "Say, ‘Wigan Athletic!’”

“The eyebrows have it - An interview with the Sunday Times”

“Is that what he said? Is that what he said? He can talk! No, it’s true. I’m terrible. Do you know what? I’ve got quite an easy job. I’ve just got to look at people, say lines and not laugh. And two of those I do okay-ish. But basically I’m just shit at quite an ordinary job, namely not laughing. It’s not that hard not to laugh. The guy who sold me my travel card, he didn’t wet himself laughing. You just don’t do it.”