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" As you get older, you worry about your memory. "
Ronnie Corbett
You
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" You get fed up watching shows with not much care and love, reality programmes where they put people in a house for a fortnight and film them doing everything, or where participants arrive after lunch and do the programme at six. "
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" Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac. "
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" I am happy most of the time. "
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" I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment - it won't die easily. "
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" How long does it take to make 'They Think It's All Over?' It's just laughing at each other and thinking, 'Aren't we clever?' "
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" Comedy taste changes. It only changes slightly, but there's always a different angle, a different attitude. "
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" Part of my style was getting into a muddle. Audiences think that's part of the act. Sometimes it might be - but you have to guess which bits. "
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" All those I admired as a young performer had a calmness to their comedy. "
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" I love radio and have done a little bit for years - since 'Workers' Playtime' in the 1950s. It's also a good springboard for comedians. "
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" I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you seem aggressive. "
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" We had a certain kind of material that was not dangerously esoteric. "
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" We knew what mums, dads, and children would understand and enjoy without resentment. I don't see the requirement to upset people. You're there to entertain and please. "
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" What is so good about 'Gavin and Stacey' is that it is very real, Welsh, and well written. "
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" I've had a very happy life, and although I have had tragedy, I've never suffered from any darkness. "
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" There was a story saying I didn't like contemporary comedians, but it's completely untrue - a lot of them are very dear friends of mine. "
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