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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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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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Im 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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People need to learn to take everyone as they are.
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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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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 OBrien and Tim Curry at the Royal Court, when I was about 15.
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I'll always be a fat girl and I am happy with that.
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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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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.'
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When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy.
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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've always loved kissing. We all do, don't we?
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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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Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about?
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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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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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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.
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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 am not, I repeat, NOT a lesbian - even though I'd like to be one when I grow up.
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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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In actual life I am a grumpy old bag.
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If I were alive in Rubens's time, I'd be celebrated as a model. Kate Moss would be used as a paint brush.
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