I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. Im quite camp in that respect. – Jenny Eclair
After graduating from flares and platforms in the early 1970s, I started drama school wearing a pair of khaki dungarees with one of my Dads Army shirts, accessorised by a cats basket doubling as a handbag. Very Lady Gaga. – Jenny Eclair
I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. Its because Im freelance, and Ive never had a proper job. I dont have a pension, and my savings are dwindling. I always thought someone would just come along and look after me. – Jenny Eclair
I was trained as an actress. But I wasnt a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up. – Jenny Eclair