Dawn French

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. ”

That's the awful thing about dating. Tight underwear. We would all like to be in a big bra and pants and when you are in a secure relationship you can do that. ”

I love it when somebody makes me laugh - it's what attracts me to people. ”

Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about? ”

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've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am. ”

I do think you are supposed to go through wars with your child because otherwise the tearing apart that has to happen when they go off to lead their own life would be unbearable. ”

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. ”

In actual life I am a grumpy old bag. ”

I'm 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. ”