A biography for Jenny Eclairhasn’t been written yet.
“I think my siblings sometimes have to defend me within their social circles - they are both barristers.”
“I know the new comedy god is surrealism, but it doesn't touch my heart.”
“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.”
“Well, I'm not good with sliminess. I hate the thought of creatures that have slime on them or creatures that leave a slimy trail. At home, the sight of a slug can bring up my breakfast.”
“I've never been prudish.”
“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.”
“Family is the one thing that is definitely not disposable.”
“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.”
“I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation.”
“I still can't set up the ironing-board. A complete Luddite.”
“I'm a schizophrenic mix of wannabe glamourpuss and absolute slob, and my style is very much magistrate-meets-barmaid.”
“I have always had a need for attention but didn't plan to be a comic.”
“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.”
“Moderation is never something I've been good at.”
“Anyone who has dead straight hair wants curls.”
“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.”
“There should be more booing in shops and restaurants and places like that when when the service is bad. If you've had a poor breakfast in a hotel, you should put your knife and fork down and boo.”
“I wouldn't say I was grumpy. It's more pathological - I have seismic tantrums. I get red in the face and cry at least three times a week, and I have to lie down and have a nap afterwards.”
“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.”
“I think I might actually die of showing off. It'll be on my headstone - 'Cause of Death: Showing Off.'”