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
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.
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.
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.
Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it.
When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy.
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 theatre is one of those muscles - if you don't exercise it, it becomes a strange and truly fearful place.
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.
I'm known among my friends for saying things I probably shouldn't sometimes, but I have to get things out in the air.
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.
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.
I watch schlock telly. Like the 'Kardashians.' I love it. It's my guilty pleasure.
I've never disliked myself, and my weight has had nothing to do with my self-esteem.
My best friend is the most important girl, outside of family, to me. I met her when I went to college and we bonded immediately. I'd do anything for her at any time. We phone each other every day.