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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. "
Dawn French
Moss
Had
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" 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. "
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" I am a kid in the dressing-up box at heart. "
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" Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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 haven't really ever had to audition for anything. "
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" I'd like to play a horse, many people think I already have. Either end of the horse would be fine. "
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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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" When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy. "
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" The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero. "
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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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Your
Easy
" I'm 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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Life
Weird
Women
" 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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Think
Other
" 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 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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Stairs
Own
My Own
" 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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Daughter
Famous
Gone
" 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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Air
Things
" 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 know what it's like to struggle for cash. When I went to drama school, I worked as a chambermaid to make ends meet. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" Turn up your radio. Watch lots of telly and eat loads of choc. Feel guilty. Stay up all night. Learn everything in six hours that has taken you two years to compile. That's how I did it. "
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Night
" The theatre is one of those muscles - if you don't exercise it, it becomes a strange and truly fearful place. "
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You
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" Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about? "
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