Dawn French Quotes

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.

It was my father who taught me to value myself.

I want to do something where I play Judi Dench's younger sister or daughter.

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

In actual life I am a grumpy old bag.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

People need to learn to take everyone as they are.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

My best friend is the most important girl, outside of family, to me. I met her when I went to college and we bonded immediately. I'd do anything for her at any time. We phone each other every day.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 don't read novels whilst I'm writing one; I just haven't got a wide enough brain to concentrate on incoming and outgoing in the same time zone.

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

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?

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

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

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

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 am a rubbish flirt.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Two people occupying the same air. Nothing else in common. Just oxygen.