Dawn French Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Funny how women are ashamed of their inner fairy whereas men are forever proudly displaying their inner cowboy or fireman”
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“I am not, I repeat, NOT a lesbian - even though I'd like to be one when I grow up.”
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“I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Young people need their own private places which mothers don't belong to, even if they want mother all around the edge of that.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I'm known among my friends for saying things I probably shouldn't sometimes, but I have to get things out in the air.”
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“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.”
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“That's the weird thing about not being married - you can't get regular kissing; you can't be guaranteed of it, and that's a great shame.”
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“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.”
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“I watch schlock telly. Like the 'Kardashians.' I love it. It's my guilty pleasure.”
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“Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about?”
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“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.”
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“I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am.”
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“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.”
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“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?”
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“I'm not a big drinking person and hardly ever have alcohol. Perhaps it's not sweet enough for my sweet tooth.”
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“I have turned away from the thought of writing fiction in the past through what I suppose is, actually, fear. The direct, raw invitation for the reader to come in and explore my imagination is fairly scary for me so I have busied myself with so much else.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Any people whose lives are about the way they look, whether it's fat or thin, are in a dangerous area.”
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“Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What example are you otherwise?”
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“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.”
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“I am a kid in the dressing-up box at heart.”
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“I've always loved kissing. We all do, don't we?”
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