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" I've never disliked myself, and my weight has had nothing to do with my self-esteem. "
Dawn French
Self-Esteem
Never
Nothing
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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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" For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all. "
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" When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy. "
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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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" The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero. "
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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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" 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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" 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've always loved kissing. We all do, don't we? "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" I watch schlock telly. Like the 'Kardashians.' I love it. It's my guilty pleasure. "
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" 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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" 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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" Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about? "
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