Dawn French
Dawn French
Dawn Roma Frenchis an English actress, writer, and comedian, 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 British Academy Television Awards and also won a BAFTA Fellowship with Jennifer Saunders...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth11 October 1957
CityHolyhead, Wales
The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero.
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.
Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about?
I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am.
I love it when somebody makes me laugh - it's what attracts me to people.
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.
The best way to lose weight is to put the handle of the fridge two inches from the ground.
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.'
Turning 50 can be difficult, sometimes dangerous, for women. The danger is in that blip that can come from the fact that you become invisible, and if you're not careful and don't embrace that, it can trip you up and you lose confidence.
People need to learn to take everyone as they are.
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.
I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.
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.
I am not, I repeat, NOT a lesbian - even though I'd like to be one when I grow up.