"The jokes in Bridget come from something quite painful, which was her perception that she was in her thirties and she'd somehow made a mistake by not getting married yet and there's this ticking clock. But also there were good reasons why she was still single."
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Novelists from EnglandHumoristsWomen authors from EnglandUniversity of Oxford alumniWomen born in the 1950s
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Interviewed by Hadley Freeman, as cited in "Helen Fielding: 'I'm very protective of Bridget Jones'", The Sunday Times (18 August 2024)
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