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. – Jenny Eclair
I’m very jealous of my daughter’s education. She’s been inspired by her teachers, and nobody inspired me as a teenager. – Jenny Eclair
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. Blokes don’t have that worry. – Jenny Eclair
I think as time goes by you’ll get female comics who are weirder – you’ll get a female Mighty Boosh. – Jenny Eclair
I think I might actually die of showing off. It’ll be on my headstone – ‘Cause of Death: Showing Off.’ – Jenny Eclair
If I do go to the beach there have to be certain rules: it can’t be a pebbly beach, there has to be some shade and there has to be a beach bar. I don’t want to go off the beaten track. – Jenny Eclair
Well, I really don’t like heights. I don’t get on the top deck of a double-decker because that’s a bit high for me. I always feel that I’m going to hurl myself off, so heights are a problem. – Jenny Eclair
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. – Jenny Eclair
The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather’s going to be dreadful and there will be nylon sheets. You’ll then be pleasantly surprised. – Jenny Eclair
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
I’m the least spiritual person in the world. I can’t even abide a smelly candle. I know it’s meant to make me relax, and that immediately makes my hackles rise. – Jenny Eclair
My daughter has always had a strong sense of her own identity. From the day she was born her father and I were in love with and in awe of her and still are. – Jenny Eclair
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. – Jenny Eclair
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
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. – Jenny Eclair