Well, I would definitely give up perform... by Jennifer Saunders

Writer actress Television comedian British

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

Other quotes by Jennifer Saunders

Well, I'm lucky because, you see, I'll probably bounce back from this role.

- Jennifer Saunders

Mother Time

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

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

Love

I love the TV show, and if you make a bad movie it means you've soiled it. Just like if we made an advert. We were offered so many times and I'd say, look, this is the good thing, and you can't compromise that, because then you compromise the integrity of the characters.

- 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

Thought Now First

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

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