Quotes from Fran Drescher

I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.

Life is precious and there's not a lot of room for anger.

I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did.

I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.

If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path.

You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

Know before whom thou stands. Understand your friends for who they are, not who you wish them to be. Accept them for their flaws as well as their attributes. Turn to them for their strengths, what good stuff they can bring to your life, and forget about the rest. To ask for more only sets you up for failure.

It's a blessing when the person you love shows the kind of instincts you'd hoped they'd have when push comes to shove. Illness is the great equalizer. It doesn't matter who you are, rich or poor, young or old, fat or thin, sick is sick. And if you're blessed, those around you will rise to the occasion in your hour of need.

We call each other the Hin-Jews because he's Tamilian, and the Tamils of Southern India came from Ethiopia just as the Hebrews from Palestine came from Ethiopia. The DNA is the same.

I'm very involved in the writing on every level.

Well, my favorite color I guess I would say yellow.

... I love walking my feet off. Gimme a map and a box of Band-Aids and I'm all set!

And remember, it's also very funny, because side by side with grief lies joy.

I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.

Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight.

I did a terrible television pilot that was so badly written and dumb that it became a turning point for me and I decided that I would never accept a job just because I needed the money.

People lived in the same apartments for years. You'd meet a group of kids in kindergarten, and you'd still be with them in high school. No one ever left the neighborhood.

I like to cook, walk on the beach, go to concerts and look at fine art.

Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.

If I go to a concert or sporting event I usually go in a VIP entrance. And leave the same way.

I've lived, laughed, lost, and loved again the whole Shakespearian thing.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.