What don’t we get up to in the film, they do everything you’d expect them to do and more. They manage to kill a supermodel, I don’t know how much worse it gets than that. Jennifer Saunders More Quotes by Jennifer Saunders More Quotes From Jennifer Saunders In the "Absolutely Fabulous" show, it's a fairly dysfunctional family, but they're not women who are constantly in search of a man. They don't live conventionally, they don't live in a conventional heterosexual relationship. Edina wishes all her children were gay, because as far as she's concerned it's the most glamorous most interesting thing to be. I think it's about bucking convention, really, and living life without apologizing. Jennifer Saunders live-lifegaychildren I think TV companies don't take as many risks any more, it's a bit more prescriptive. There are more channels but there seems to be actually less main network channel comedy. You can't offend people as easily, people take things very seriously now. I think that's down to social media though because people can have little tribes of offence. Jennifer Saunders riskpeoplethinking No, sometimes we just have to take liberties because the idea was so good. I wish we'd just gone with the idea that Patsy had been a man. It would have been fantastic. Jennifer Saunders wishmenideas Well, I would definitely give up performing... But I would still sit down in an office and pretend to write with Dawn, even if we never produced anything, because it's just hilarious. I would miss that. Jennifer Saunders giving-upofficewriting People ask could I have written the show I wrote in 1990 now, and I don't think I could. I think it's much easier to offend people nowadays. People have grown quite sensitive, I think. Jennifer Saunders sensitivepeoplethinking Me just being myself in public or on TV is the biggest nightmare in the world. Jennifer Saunders just-beingtvsworld I think people love to be noticed, they love to feel included. A lot of people are flattered if you, you know, if you make jokes about them, or I think because it means they're known. Jennifer Saunders meanpeoplethinking Instant coffee is just old beans that have been cremated. Jennifer Saunders beansdrinkcoffee At home, I relax by gardening, or just pottering. Jennifer Saunders gardeningrelaxhome I did grieve a bit when I wasn't having the chemo anymore. I was used to sitting in the little chair and then the nurse would come and do it. It was like that was your job for that long and it was reassuring. Jennifer Saunders nursegrievingjobs The weird thing about all the drag queen Patsys and Eddies from "Absolutely Fabulous" is they are so beautiful, and so tall, and so slim that it sort of puts us to shame. Jennifer Saunders fabulousshamebeautiful It makes me a bit sad that, if anything, that people seem to want to go back to an old model of normality, and sitcoms seem to want to be about ordinary families and things that aren't very interesting. I just think it's a bit sad. It's a shame that life is still depicted in a very straight way. Jennifer Saunders peopleinterestingthinking The biggest thing is online shopping. So that you don't have to dress up, go down Bond Street or Rodeo or wherever, go and be intimidated by shop assistants to buy Gucci shoes or a Prada dress. You can just go online and, if it doesn't fit you, send it back. And I think that is the biggest, biggest difference, because that means everybody can do it. Jennifer Saunders shoesmeanthinking Well, I'm lucky because, you see, I'll probably bounce back from this role. Jennifer Saunders wellsroleslucky I grew up with a mother who, every time she saw something, would say, I'm going to look that up. And I've become that person - I've become the reference-book person. Jennifer Saunders motherbooklooks Lacroix has been fantastic. He's very nice. He gets the joke, and I think that's a good thing. Jennifer Saunders fantasticnicethinking I can remember the first face-lift show that came on. I rang up everyone - are you watching? I'm watching. Jennifer Saunders facesrememberfirsts The reason they keep it so tight is that no one liked them, so that without each other, actually, they couldn't exist. They support each other. They support their flaws and everything else. Jennifer Saunders flawssupportreason I remember when the first police scary video thing came out, and you thought, wow, ooh, look at this, come and look, come and look. And now it's on every channel. Jennifer Saunders policescarygames You get crushes on people. You have to see them every day in that week. They're a fantastic person, and it could be a man or a woman. Jennifer Saunders crushmenpeople
