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" I struggle as a writer, and I'm convinced that if I was at school now, I'd be termed as having ADS. Two minutes and I'm drifting. "
Johnny Vegas
School
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" We had a week off in the middle of shooting, but as soon as everyone stopped, we all went down with six different types of flu and other unmentionable diseases. "
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Down
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" This autocue was obviously written for someone else and I've been brought in at the last minute. "
Johnny Vegas
Else
Someone
Minute
" I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again. "
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Live
Want
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" I sang 'American Pie' a lot in my stage set. It had a knack of uniting an audience in a sing-along. It's a clever song about American history but wrapped in a fantastic tune. "
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Clever
American
" I thought I could play the hellraiser and then put 'Johnny Vegas' back in his box. I found popularity through self-destruction. The more you damage yourself, the more people are drawn to you, and that can be quite addictive. It is not a lifestyle you can maintain. "
Johnny Vegas
Yourself
You
Vegas
" It can be tough as a jobbing actor. "
Johnny Vegas
Actor
Tough
" I think I'm realising more and more that I've got a job to do and I can't be doing the big nights out and working to my full potential the next day. I feel much better for it. "
Johnny Vegas
Potential
Think
Better
" You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery. "
Johnny Vegas
Know
Temptation
Yourself
" I still give myself the right to be highly critical of others, though. "
Johnny Vegas
Give
Myself
Others
" I believe that Britain is becoming more class-conscious, and I quake at the very idea of Old Etonians ruling the world again. "
Johnny Vegas
I Believe
World
Old
" The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year. "
Johnny Vegas
Treat
Rest
Myself
" I've got little ankles and a bit of a belly, so it makes me look rather an egg on legs. "
Johnny Vegas
Got
Little
Egg
" Being behind the camera is where I feel comfortable. I've found something that I feel I, as 'Michael,' can be as confident in as 'Johnny' was on the stage. It's great being part of the creative process. You're right at the start of an idea, and you get to see it all the way through till the end. "
Johnny Vegas
Creative
You
Start
" There's a domino effect with certain things you say. "
Johnny Vegas
Things
Effect
Say
" Writing a book about yourself is like therapy, and you go 'Oh My God, that's the reason that happened.' Writing about it, you're forced to really examine things. "
Johnny Vegas
Book
Yourself
Go
" I don't want to demonise 'Johnny.' I was really proud of what he achieved. Especially within stand-up. He was quite a unique voice. I will always possibly be trading off 'Johnny's name, but there's a lot more things that I'm able to do now - the strengths that 'Michael' can bring to it. "
Johnny Vegas
Always
Want
Unique
" I'm getting positive feedback for my acting so we'll see if any other interesting parts come up. "
Johnny Vegas
Positive
Interesting
Acting
" I always feel like an interloper when I do serious drama. It's my own paranoia. "
Johnny Vegas
Like
Serious
Drama
" Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up. "
Johnny Vegas
Solid
Doing
Just
" My first holiday to San Francisco in 1998-99 was supposed to be a two-week vacation but I ended up staying five weeks and nearly didn't come home. "
Johnny Vegas
Come
Vacation
Up
" Had I become a priest, the sermons would've been electric! "
Johnny Vegas
Been
Become
Priest
" I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind. "
Johnny Vegas
Never
Mind
Sex
" I avoid any kind of organised trips as that's one of my bugbears. "
Johnny Vegas
Kind
Trips
Organised
" I came from a very loving home, had a happy life with no great aspirations, but going to the seminary changed me. There was a chunk of my childhood missing. Once I'd realised it wasn't for me, I still felt a tremendous pressure to continue for fear of letting everybody down. "
Johnny Vegas
Life
Great
Home
" I've got too much respect for stand-ups to call myself one. "
Johnny Vegas
Myself
Call
Got
" I think it sort of dawns on you that if you're not gigging constantly you're not actually relevant. You may be relevant to a different part of the media now, to television commissioners and editors, but to a young live-comedy audience you're not, really. "
Johnny Vegas
Television
Think
You
" I couldn't be 'Johnny' in front of a camera in acting jobs and behind the camera I like to be 'Michael.' With directing, you can't do it by halves. There's a lot of reflection, and I have found that I, as 'Michael,' thrive on it. It's lovely coming home and feeling that stuff from a day's work as myself. "
Johnny Vegas
Work
You
Myself
" I am very proud of what 'Johnny' achieved in stand-up comedy because he believed entirely in giving an audience the best kick he could. But he was someone who was quite detrimental to my health, both emotionally and physically. "
Johnny Vegas
Best
Health
I Am
" My forte is playing drunks down the ages. When my agent rings me about a role, I don't ask what the part is, but what century it's in. "
Johnny Vegas
Me
Rings
Playing
" Class still matters in Britain today. "
Johnny Vegas
Still
Matters
Class