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" Apathy in youth culture is pretty stark. "

Dominic Holland

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" My story is comic because I've spent vast amounts of effort trying to become a Hollywood screenwriter and made no direct effort on making my son a movie actor. "

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" No one likes a pushy parent, and, 'pride' being one of the seven deadly sins, I needed to tread very carefully when creating a show about my eldest son, Tom, better known as Peter Parker and even better known as Marvel's new 'Spider-Man.' "

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" When I phoned up and said, 'Mum, I'm doing a 52-date national tour with Eddie Izzard,' she said 'That's nice, dear. How are you?' "

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" I've been recognised in garages. I'll be paying for my petrol, and I'll see this guy looking at me, thinking, 'Is it him?' Then he'll be looking at my car: 'No, he couldn't be driving that car.' I've actually had two people say to me:,'Hello Dominic, I thought you might have a better car than that, mate!' "

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" It is the natural order of things that successive generations will achieve more than their predecessors. "

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" I might get a break again, and I might get back on telly. If I don't, I'll just keep doing stand-up and doing the best gigs I can. "

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" Because it's such a good car, I think we'll have a Multipla till the kids leave home, which is tragic because I could probably afford a really nice car! "

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" I'm a confident person next to the guy in the street, but if you go into the showbiz world, it seems the guys who are most successful are the most confident, and I don't think I fit into that category. "

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" Tom has a gilded life which I have had a glimpse of. Yes, he does travel in private jets. "

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" I like to call myself numerically dyslexic, but officially, I am mathematically thick. "

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" I am a professional comedian, a published novelist, and a general wit for hire. "

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" I don't like false modesty. "

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" There is nothing quite as loud as the silence of an audience when a comedian is on stage. "

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" Even though Bandos is one of the biggest islands in the Maldives, it only takes 20 minutes to walk round. All it has are some chalets and a little harbour centre with three restaurants and a bar. The food is magnificent. "

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" Where I live in south London, it is a very Tory area, so a Labour vote is a wasted vote. My leanings would certainly be not to vote Tory. "

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" It's not cool to be star-struck. "

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" All kids should vote - it gives them the opportunity to whinge afterwards because you can't complain if you haven't voted. "

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" I even like the Scottish weather because, like everywhere in the U.K., you can't have great beauty without lots of rain. "

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" It's because finance is so baffling that makes being an economist such a safe option. It nestles down comfortably with psychiatry and astrology as a profession where getting it patently wrong is just not a problem - and also, rather wonderfully, seems to have no adverse affect on their professional standing whatsoever. "

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" Edinburgh is the most pressurised environment to do comedy. You get an hour. There's no compere. You'd better be on the money straight away; you've got journalists in. "

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" A barrel of laughs should be enough, but it's not. A good review is official and endures. A bad one is like a tub of Flora. It spreads easily and lasts for the whole festival. "

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" Doing stand-up is not normal. People fear public speaking above all other things, and I am no different. "

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" Many years ago, I was a young and, dare I say it, very hot new comedian. Maybe even the hottest of all if the now defunct Perrier panel of judges were to be believed. "

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" I had a crisis of confidence and ran away from being a standup for a while. "

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" As a parent, I often wonder what I should be encouraging my kids to do for a career. "

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" The garden is something I always try to get into, but it always beats me. "

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