Dawn French Quotes - Page 2

Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about?

In actual life I am a grumpy old bag.

I love it when somebody makes me laugh - it's what attracts me to people.

I've always loved kissing. We all do, don't we?

I am a kid in the dressing-up box at heart.

I'm not a big drinking person and hardly ever have alcohol. Perhaps it's not sweet enough for my sweet tooth.

I watch schlock telly. Like the 'Kardashians.' I love it. It's my guilty pleasure.

I've often said the most difficult things I have to say to people through humour. I can very quickly put someone in their place with it. But we all walk away unscathed because there's been some funnies around it, and I'll usually make sure that it comes back at me.

Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it.

I think of myself now as a writer, although I wouldn't go as far as to say 'novelist' because that sounds like a Victorian person.

The only time I did not know how to be, physically, was when I lost a lot of weight. That was the only time I didn't understand my body.

I am a rubbish flirt.

My approach to parenting is that everything is open - everything. I'm not very good at covert, or subtle, and I've had to learn timing. I do blunder in a bit.

I haven't really ever had to audition for anything.

I have had the unfortunate experience of having someone write an unauthorised biography of me. Half of it is lies and the other half is badly written. My feeling is that if I'm going to write my life story, I ought to have my life first.

I know what it's like to struggle for cash. When I went to drama school, I worked as a chambermaid to make ends meet.

I do think you are supposed to go through wars with your child because otherwise the tearing apart that has to happen when they go off to lead their own life would be unbearable.

I'll always be a fat girl and I am happy with that.

When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy.

The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero.

Theatre outings are my favourite thing to spend money on. The most influential play I saw was Bent, which starred Ian McKellen. And I loved the original performance of The Rocky Horror Show, with Richard OBrien and Tim Curry at the Royal Court, when I was about 15.

Why would anyone want to be called a size zero or even aspire to being a zero? I don't even understand the thinking behind it, let alone the practicalities. What is all that about?

I don't know why I feel so crazy...I feel like I'm going through a stargate. Maybe it's the diet pills. Maybe it's Buddha.

What was I thinking? Fact is I wasn't thinking. I didn't want to think. I wanted to feel.

It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon.