Dawn French Quotes

Funny how women are ashamed of their inner fairy whereas men are forever proudly displaying their inner cowboy or fireman

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.

The best way to lose weight is to put the handle of the fridge two inches from the ground.

Im constantly astounded by how amazing women are. And as we go through all these different stages of life as long as you share them with others and say, Well, this is bloody weird, you can get through everything.

People need to learn to take everyone as they are.

Turning 50 can be difficult, sometimes dangerous, for women. The danger is in that blip that can come from the fact that you become invisible, and if you're not careful and don't embrace that, it can trip you up and you lose confidence.

If I were alive in Rubens's time, I'd be celebrated as a model. Kate Moss would be used as a paint brush.

I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.

I am not, I repeat, NOT a lesbian - even though I'd like to be one when I grow up.

My daughter couldn't care less about me being famous. She finds it revolting and, like a lot of teenagers, is virtually allergic to me. That started at 12 and hasn't gone anywhere yet.

There is a latent fairy in all women, but look how carefully we have to secrete her in order to be taken seriously. And fairies come in all shapes, colours, sizes and types, they don't have to be fluffy. They can be demanding and furious if hey like. They do, however, have to wear a tiara. That much is compulsory.

Any people whose lives are about the way they look, whether it's fat or thin, are in a dangerous area.

I never do any television without chocolate. That's my motto and I live by it. Quite often I write the scripts and I make sure there are chocolate scenes. Actually I'm a bit of a chocolate tart and will eat anything. It's amazing I'm so slim.

I've never disliked myself, and my weight has had nothing to do with my self-esteem.

Other than my memory being a bit woolly and my knees being a bit creaky, I don't really think there's anything I can't do.

That's the awful thing about dating. Tight underwear. We would all like to be in a big bra and pants and when you are in a secure relationship you can do that.

I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am.

I'm known among my friends for saying things I probably shouldn't sometimes, but I have to get things out in the air.

Evolving into a middle-aged person is quite interesting if we can understand what it means. I would like to think it meant being a bit sure of what I want.

Young people need their own private places which mothers don't belong to, even if they want mother all around the edge of that.

I'd like to play a horse, many people think I already have. Either end of the horse would be fine.

You have to let kids live their own lives and make their mistakes, but it is difficult now because there are so many things in their lives which weren't in mine - I never had Facebook. And some of the things I see now I'm appalled by. So I'm as nosey about my daughter's life as I can be. I tell her, 'I'm all over you, whether you like it or not.'

I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am.

For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.