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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. "
Dawn French
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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 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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" 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 watch schlock telly. Like the 'Kardashians.' I love it. It's my guilty pleasure. "
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" I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am. "
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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 am a rubbish flirt. "
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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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" 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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" Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it. "
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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 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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" 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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" 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 theatre is one of those muscles - if you don't exercise it, it becomes a strange and truly fearful place. "
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" We have to do a film parody for Comic Relief. We can't decide which film to parody at the moment. Any ideas welcome, but not Spiderman owing to costume being too tight. "
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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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" 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 O'Brien and Tim Curry at the Royal Court, when I was about 15. "
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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 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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 love it when somebody makes me laugh - it's what attracts me to people. "
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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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