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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.

Dawn French

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Dawn French
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 11
Actress
Comedian
Film Actor
Novelist
Stage Actor
Writer
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Dawn Roma French
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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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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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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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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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In actual life I am a grumpy old bag.
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Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about?
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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 love it when somebody makes me laugh - it's what attracts me to people.
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I haven't really ever had to audition for anything.
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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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I am a kid in the dressing-up box at heart.
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I've always loved kissing. We all do, don't we?
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I am a rubbish flirt.
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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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What was I thinking? Fact is I wasn't thinking. I didn't want to think. I wanted to feel.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it.
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