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As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didn't know that funny women existed. It wasn't until I got back to England that I realised women could be funny.

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Jenny Eclair
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: March 16
Actor
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Jenny-Clare Hargreaves
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Berlin
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I still can't set up the ironing-board. A complete Luddite.
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My daughter has always had a strong sense of her own identity. From the day she was born her father and I were in love with and in awe of her and still are.
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I can't stand folk who are all snobby about reality TV.
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If I do go to the beach there have to be certain rules: it can't be a pebbly beach, there has to be some shade and there has to be a beach bar. I don't want to go off the beaten track.
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Family is the one thing that is definitely not disposable.
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I've got a hat face. My mother always said I've got a hat face
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I think as time goes by you'll get female comics who are weirder - you'll get a female Mighty Boosh.
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I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up.
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I don't think I'm successful.
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I'm a schizophrenic mix of wannabe glamourpuss and absolute slob, and my style is very much magistrate-meets-barmaid.
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I can eat a man, but I'm not sure of the fiber content.
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I am very short-sighted, and if I don't like a situation I take my glasses off.
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I know the new comedy god is surrealism, but it doesn't touch my heart.
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I wouldn't say I was grumpy. It's more pathological - I have seismic tantrums. I get red in the face and cry at least three times a week, and I have to lie down and have a nap afterwards.
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I have always had a need for attention but didn't plan to be a comic.
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Well, I'm not good with sliminess. I hate the thought of creatures that have slime on them or creatures that leave a slimy trail. At home, the sight of a slug can bring up my breakfast.
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My older sister is bossy, my brother is a stirrer and me - well, I am perfect!
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I am best viewed from a distance.
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I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at.
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I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn off because it upsets me. I get comedy indigestion. I just hate anybody else being funny. That's my job.
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