Dawn French talks new book and turning 70: ‘Stop to think a little bit about people who are getting older’ |
Multifaceted star Dawn French is all about embracing her 70s and living life to the fullest. The famed writer and actor recently sat down for an interview, addressing how it felt for her to reach the official milestone and how she is embracing her 70s.
Dawn French about turning 70 years old
While in conversation with Press Association, French got candid about how she felt about soon turning 70 years old. She started off by stating that she is well aware of the age factor and how it almost feels like the “winter” era of her life, however, she is also fully accepting of that.She further added a question by saying, “What I do know is that thinking about getting older is on my mind. We pretend it’s not going to happen and that it’s going to be easy. We provide and make our preparations, but how do we actually enter this part of our lives?”She took her latest book, ‘Enough: Dawn’s Joyfully Human, Darkly Funny and Unexpectedly Life-Affirming New Novel’, into account and talked about how the matter of it is meant to start a conversation. Further on in the interview, she declares that it is okay to talk about this age and the things and meanings that it brings along with it. She mentions that conversations surrounding the topic of age and turning old are important; however, she also adds that “Some people are going through a tricky time, and I get that. I want everyone to have access to whatever help they may need.”“My hope is that we just stop to think a little bit about people who are getting older”, she concluded on her part, citing that age is an important factor, and that she’s hoping for her book to start conversations.
About Dawn French
As of right now, Dawn French is 68 years old, and was born on October 11, 1957. On the work front, French has recently been promoting her latest book, which is titled ‘Enough: Dawn’s Joyfully Human, Darkly Funny and Unexpectedly Life-Affirming New Novel’ and was only released this year. Other than that, she will also be busy with filming the second season of the show ‘Can You Keep A Secret?’ She and actress Jennifer Saunders will also be working in the play ‘Cinderella’ as the ugly step sisters at the London Palladium during Christmas time later this year.
