42+ Dawn French Quotes On French Culture, Beauty And Funny

Dawn French is a British comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for her comedy sketch show French and Saunders and her sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. She is also a bestselling author and has won numerous awards for her television work. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Dawn French on love, french culture, life.

Top 10 Dawn French Quotes

1. 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.
2. It was my father who taught me to value myself.
3. Funny how women are ashamed of their inner fairy whereas men are forever proudly displaying their inner cowboy or fireman
4. I want to do something where I play Judi Dench's younger sister or daughter.
5. In actual life I am a grumpy old bag.
6. 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.
7. I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.
8. The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero.
9. It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon.
10. I don't know why I feel so crazy...I feel like I'm going through a stargate. Maybe it's the diet pills. Maybe it's Buddha.

Dawn French Short Quotes

• People need to learn to take everyone as they are.
• Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about?
• I am not, I repeat, NOT a lesbian - even though I'd like to be one when I grow up.
• I'd like to play a horse, many people think I already have. Either end of the horse would be fine.
• The best way to lose weight is to put the handle of the fridge two inches from the ground.
• What was I thinking? Fact is I wasn't thinking. I didn't want to think. I wanted to feel.

Dawn French Quotes About Love

I've always loved kissing. We all do, don't we? — Dawn French

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. — Dawn French

I watch schlock telly. Like the 'Kardashians.' I love it. It's my guilty pleasure. — Dawn French

Dawn French Quotes About Write

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. — Dawn French

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. — Dawn French

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. — Dawn French

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. — Dawn French

Dawn French Famous Quotes And Sayings

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. — Dawn French

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. — Dawn French

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. — Dawn French

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. — Dawn French

I think of myself now as a writer, although I wouldn't go as far as to say 'novelist' because that sounds like a Victorian person. — Dawn French

I'm not a big drinking person and hardly ever have alcohol. Perhaps it's not sweet enough for my sweet tooth. — Dawn French

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. — Dawn French

Turn up your radio. Watch lots of telly and eat loads of choc. Feel guilty. Stay up all night. Learn everything in six hours that has taken you two years to compile. That's how I did it. — Dawn French

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.' — Dawn French

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. — Dawn French

I'm known among my friends for saying things I probably shouldn't sometimes, but I have to get things out in the air. — Dawn French

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? — 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. — Dawn French

My daughter couldn't care less about me being famous. She finds it revolting and, like a lot of teenagers, is virtually allergic to me. That started at 12 and hasn't gone anywhere yet. — Dawn French

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. — Dawn French

We have to do a film parody for Comic Relief. We can't decide which film to parody at the moment. Any ideas welcome, but not Spiderman owing to costume being too tight. — Dawn French

Young people need their own private places which mothers don't belong to, even if they want mother all around the edge of that. — Dawn French

If I were alive in Rubens's time, I'd be celebrated as a model. Kate Moss would be used as a paint brush. — Dawn French

I've often said the most difficult things I have to say to people through humour. I can very quickly put someone in their place with it. But we all walk away unscathed because there's been some funnies around it, and I'll usually make sure that it comes back at me. — Dawn French

Life Lessons by Dawn French

1. Dawn French has taught us to never be afraid to be ourselves and to embrace our unique quirks and qualities.
2. She has also shown us the importance of staying true to our values and beliefs, no matter how hard it may be.
3. Finally, she has demonstrated that humour can be used to bring people together and to make difficult conversations easier to have.