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. — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
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… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
I think I might actually die of showing off. It'll be on my headstone - 'Cause of Death: Showing Off.' — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
After graduating from flares and platforms in the early 1970s, I started drama school wearing a pair of khaki dungarees with one of my… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
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… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
I am very short-sighted, and if I don't like a situation I take my glasses off. — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
I am not sure gender ever won't be an issue in comedy, because I think that women do have different priorities in some respects. — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
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.… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
I might be needy, competitive and desperate but it's far better than being wet. — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
