Jenny Eclair quotes

What has happened to the good old-fashioned travel agent? I want to go to a really posh travel agent and have them organize everything for me. I don't want to do things on the Internet. (Jenny Eclair)
I am very short-sighted, and if I don't like a situation I take my glasses off. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because that's a bit high for me. I always feel that I'm going to hurl myself off, so heights are a problem. View quote
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I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up. View quote
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As a rule, wearing a bigger pair of jeans looks better than squishing yourself into a pair of jeans that used to fit before you gave up smoking. View quote
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I'm a schizophrenic mix of wannabe glamourpuss and absolute slob, and my style is very much magistrate-meets-barmaid. View quote
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Family is the one thing that is definitely not disposable. View quote
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I can't stand folk who are all snobby about reality TV. View quote
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I can't tan naturally. (Jenny Eclair)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I might be needy, competitive and desperate but it's far better than being wet. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm very bad at having heroes. I don't rate anyone particularly highly because I'm so snide and competitive and not very nice. View quote
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The comedy I like the best is comedy I can't do, stuff that doesn't touch my arena. View quote
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I'm very jealous of my daughter's education. She's been inspired by her teachers, and nobody inspired me as a teenager. View quote
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My older sister is bossy, my brother is a stirrer and me - well, I am perfect! View quote
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I can eat a man, but I'm not sure of the fiber content. View quote
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After graduating from flares and platforms in the early 1970s, I started drama school wearing a pair of khaki dungarees with one of my Dad's Army shirts, accessorised by a cat's basket doubling as a handbag. Very Lady Gaga. (Jenny Eclair)
I've got a hat face. My mother always said I've got a hat face. View quote
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I've just got crap hair. Although I inherited a lot of stuff from my dad, including giant knees, I didn't get his good, thick hair. I got my mother's thin, wispy, non-event hair instead. View quote
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Women are more emotional, and it's natural to talk about it. View quote
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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. View quote
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Jenny Eclair

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Photo: Amnesty International UK, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: English Comedian
Born: March 16, 1960
Quotes count: 40