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Following on from this, I've moved on to Miriam's Big Fat Adventure which is proving predictably entertaining in covering another taboo subject.
A couple of interviews where she discusses the series:
(When asked what drew her to making the series):
A couple of interviews where she discusses the series:
(When asked what drew her to making the series):
Miriam Margolyes said:Well, principally the money, I think. That was a big draw.... And I know about being fat because I've been fat all my life.
Miriam Margolyes said:I think it's absolutely ridiculous to be seventy eight and fat... I was very stupid... But I'm battling on and I'm not hating myself. I hated myself for a long time, and now I rather love myself actually.
Miriam Margolyes said:If you can try to be healthy, that is the great thing. Especially these days when... well, I don't know how long we're going to have a National Health Service, do I? Coming from the political spectrum that I come from.
Miriam Margolyes said:I know what I look like, and I hate it.
Miriam Margolyes said:[Food is] advertised all the time. I know I'm on ITV and that's how we all make our money, but it's wrong. People don't need to be persuaded to eat. We eat. We have to eat to stay alive. So why are we having advertisements pushing food at us? (*calls offstage*) And save the chicken kiev, please.
Miriam Margolyes said:We should be kind, but everybody should be able to use the word "fat" and not die when they use it. It is a real word. It's what I am. Look at me... It's awful.
Miriam Margolyes said:People are always laughing and making silly jokes... It's not kind... We wouldn't do it to blacks and Jews and cripples. We don't make fun of them. So don't make fun of fat people. Understand - we know we're fat, and it hurts.