Jenny Eclair Quotes - Page 2

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• The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather's going to be dreadful and there will be nylon sheets. You'll then be pleasantly surprised.

  Jenny Eclair

  Holiday, Weather, Expectations

  "Me and my travels" by Carl Wilkinson, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2006.

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• People often ask why comedy is harder for women, and the reason is because a tampon will sometimes fall out when you're on stage. Blokes don't have that worry.

  Jenny Eclair

  Fall, People, Worry

  "A funny five minutes with Jenny Eclair". Interview with Mirror.uk, www.mirror.co.uk. May 2, 2010.

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• If I do go to the beach there have to be certain rules: it can't be a pebbly beach, there has to be some shade and there has to be a beach bar. I don't want to go off the beaten track.

  Jenny Eclair

  Beach, Track, Bars

  "Me and my travels" by Carl Wilkinson, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2006.

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• I've never been prudish.

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• The comedy I like the best is comedy I can't do, stuff that doesn't touch my arena.

  Jenny Eclair

  Stuff, Arena, Comedy

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• I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. It's because I'm freelance, and I've never had a proper job. I don't have a pension, and my savings are dwindling. I always thought someone would just come along and look after me.

  Jenny Eclair

  Jobs, Cat, Vision

  "This much I know" by Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2008.

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• I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn off because it upsets me. I get comedy indigestion. I just hate anybody else being funny. That's my job.

  Jenny Eclair

  Jobs, Hate, People

  "A funny five minutes with Jenny Eclair". Interview with Mirror.uk, www.mirror.co.uk. May 2, 2010.

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• Women are more emotional, and it's natural to talk about it.

  Jenny Eclair

  Emotional, Natural

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• I think as time goes by you'll get female comics who are weirder - you'll get a female Mighty Boosh.

  Jenny Eclair

  Thinking, Female, Time Goes By

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• I still can't set up the ironing-board. A complete Luddite.

  Jenny Eclair

  Ironing Board, Boards, Stills

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• Anyone who has dead straight hair wants curls.

  Jenny Eclair

  Hair, Curls, Want

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• A good fart joke makes me bawl with laughter, so will somebody farting. And the word 'poo.' You can't beat a good poo joke.

  Jenny Eclair

  Laughter, Fart, Beats

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• I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. I'm quite camp in that respect.

  Jenny Eclair

  People, World, Admire

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• I can't stand folk who are all snobby about reality TV.

  Jenny Eclair

  Reality, Tvs, Folks

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• I can't tan naturally.

  Jenny Eclair

  I Can

  "Me and my travels". Interview with Carl Wilkinson, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2006.

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• I have a very solo career. I only write with people that I really adore.

  Jenny Eclair

  Writing, Careers, People

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• I know the new comedy god is surrealism, but it doesn't touch my heart.

  Jenny Eclair

  Heart, Comedy, Surrealism

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• I don't think I'm successful.

  Jenny Eclair

  Successful, Thinking

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• I might be needy, competitive and desperate but it's far better than being wet.

  Jenny Eclair

  Might, Desperate, Needy

  "My family values" by Jo Mears, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2009.

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• I've got a hat face. My mother always said I've got a hat face

  Jenny Eclair

  Mother, Faces, Hats

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• Without fake tan I have the skin tones of a dead jellyfish.

  Jenny Eclair

  Skin Tone, Fake, Skins

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• I've got this horrible feeling that I'm one of those people who'll always have to flog their guts out to get anywhere.

  Jenny Eclair

  People, Feelings, Horrible

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• My older sister is bossy, my brother is a stirrer and me - well, I am perfect!

  Jenny Eclair

  Brother, Perfect, Big Sister

  "My family values". Interview with Jo Mears, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2009.

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