Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it. Dawn French More Quotes by Dawn French More Quotes From Dawn French The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero. Dawn French eric hero would-be When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy. Dawn French sitting writing joy I haven't really ever had to audition for anything. Dawn French auditions havens 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 pills crazy depression 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 subtle timing blunders What was I thinking? Fact is I wasn't thinking. I didn't want to think. I wanted to feel. Dawn French want facts thinking 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 time-zones brain writing I watch schlock telly. Like the 'Kardashians.' I love it. It's my guilty pleasure. Dawn French guilty pleasure watches Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about? Dawn French getting-old getting-older worry 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 phones girl college It was my father who taught me to value myself. Dawn French being-a-dad taught father 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 saws theatre play 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 zero want thinking 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. Dawn French my-family cake able 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 feelings writing lying I'll always be a fat girl and I am happy with that. Dawn French fat-girl fats girl 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 your feel you night 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 being moment welcome ideas