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Dawn French Biography

Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, writer, comedian and presenter. She is best known for starring in and writing for the comedy sketch show French and Saunders with comedy partner Jennifer Saunders and for playing the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. French has been nominated for seven BAFTA TV Awards and also won a BAFTA Fellowship with Jennifer Saunders.

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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.

Creaky, Knees, Memories, Memory, Think, Thinking

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.

Although, Like, Novelists, Sound, Think, Thinking

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

Alive, Moss, Paint, Time, Would Be

There is a latent fairy in all women, but look how carefully we have to secrete her in order to be taken seriously. And fairies come in all shapes, colours, sizes and types, they don't have to be fluffy. They can be demanding and furious if hey like. They do, however, have to wear a tiara. That much is compulsory.

Like, Order, Taken, Tiaras, Women

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

Disliked, Nothing, Self, Self Esteem, Weight

You have to let kids live their own lives and make their mistakes, but it is difficult now because there are so many things in their lives which weren't in mine - I never had Facebook. And some of the things I see now I'm appalled by. So I'm as nosey about my daughter's life as I can be. I tell her, 'I'm all over you, whether you like it or not. '

Daughter, Facebook, Kids, Like, Make, Mistake

I am a rubbish flirt.

Flirt, Flirting, Rubbish

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

Fact, Facts, Think, Thinking, Want

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

Become, Joy, Love, Simply, Simply Love, Writing

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

Chosen, Jolly, Place, Stay, Who I Am

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.

Buddha, Crazy, Depression, Diet, Maybe, Pills

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

Box, Dressing Up, Heart, Kid, Kids

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.

Blunders, Learn, Parenting, Subtle, Timing

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.

Beautiful, Dad, Daughter, Life, Precious, Uncommonly

It was my father who taught me to value myself.

Being A Dad, Father, Taught, Value

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.

Actually, Busied, Imagination, Past, Writing

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

Fridge, Lose, Two, Way, Weight

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.

Fabulous, Kate, Moss, Paintbrush, Painting

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.

Daughter, Famous, Gone, Revolting, Teenager, Teenagers

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.

Able, Cake, Eat, Family, Live, My Family

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