I grew up with a mother who, every time... by Jennifer Saunders

Writer actress Time Television Mother

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

Other quotes by Jennifer Saunders

First

I can remember the first face-lift show that came on. I rang up everyone - are you watching? I'm watching.

- Jennifer Saunders

Charm Jokes First

We were watching the first series recently, and it has a charm, a kind of amateur charm. At that point we didn't involve ourselves technically at all - we just messed about and told our jokes - and it looks a bit like that.

- Jennifer Saunders

Idea Man

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

Men

We had this party in New York, and there were a lot of gay men there dressed up as the characters. I showed up just looking like myself, but it was a real case of shame. They looked so fantastic. We could never quite live up to it.

- Jennifer Saunders

Flaws

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

Man People

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

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