Jenny Eclair Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I am very short-sighted, and if I don't like a situation I take my glasses off.”
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“I wouldn't say I was grumpy. It's more pathological - I have seismic tantrums. I get red in the face and cry at least three times a week, and I have to lie down and have a nap afterwards.”
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“I can eat a man, but I'm not sure of the fiber content.”
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“I can't stand folk who are all snobby about reality TV.”
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“I can't tan naturally.”
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“I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation.”
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“I have a very solo career. I only write with people that I really adore.”
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“I have always had a need for attention but didn't plan to be a comic.”
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“I know the new comedy god is surrealism, but it doesn't touch my heart.”
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“I love fashion, but I don't come from a background of loving clothes, and I remember feeling badly dressed from a young age.”
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“I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at.”
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“I am not sure gender ever won't be an issue in comedy, because I think that women do have different priorities in some respects.”
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“I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. I'm quite camp in that respect.”
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“My older sister is bossy, my brother is a stirrer and me - well, I am perfect!”
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“As a rule, wearing a bigger pair of jeans looks better than squishing yourself into a pair of jeans that used to fit before you gave up smoking.”
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“Anyone who has dead straight hair wants curls.”
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“Family is the one thing that is definitely not disposable.”
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“Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because that's a bit high for me. I always feel that I'm going to hurl myself off, so heights are a problem.”
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“My daughter has always had a strong sense of her own identity. From the day she was born her father and I were in love with and in awe of her and still are.”
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“There should be more booing in shops and restaurants and places like that when when the service is bad. If you've had a poor breakfast in a hotel, you should put your knife and fork down and boo.”
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“A good fart joke makes me bawl with laughter, so will somebody farting. And the word 'poo.' You can't beat a good poo joke.”
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“For me, being a woman suits what I want to talk about and what my audience wants to hear. Maybe I'm a dying breed.”
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“Women are more emotional, and it's natural to talk about it.”
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“The comedy I like the best is comedy I can't do, stuff that doesn't touch my arena.”
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“I've never been prudish.”
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“I'm very bad at having heroes. I don't rate anyone particularly highly because I'm so snide and competitive and not very nice.”
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“As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didn't know that funny women existed. It wasn't until I got back to England that I realised women could be funny.”
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“I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn off because it upsets me. I get comedy indigestion. I just hate anybody else being funny. That's my job.”
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