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" I used to attract a lot of feeders. I'd be quite happy to be locked in someone's flat and fed liquidised burgers. "
Johnny Vegas
Used
Attract
Someone
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" 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. "
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" You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear. "
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" There's a domino effect with certain things you say. "
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" I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. "
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Time
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" From a certain age, I sort of accepted myself for what I was. And although to other people it was like nothing ever goes right, I had a really nice attitude that I'd inherited from my parents, and especially from my dad. "
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Attitude
Myself
Parents
" I've spent lots of time in London, I studied in London, I like London. It's just not my home. "
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Spent
Like
Time
" 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. "
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Come
Vacation
Up
" 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. "
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Me
Rings
Playing
" 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. "
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Work
You
Myself
" I found popularity through self-destruction, and that can be quite addictive. "
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Through
Quite
Popularity
" 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. "
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Television
Think
You
" 'Johnny' was a coping mechanism who could take those things which could have ordinarily destroyed me, by tweaking my past and throwing it back out there, getting laughs from things that would have otherwise upset me. "
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Past
Things
Upset
" 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. "
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Always
Want
Unique
" Never try to be witty with U.S. airport officials. It's always lost on them and you'll find yourself being put back on the plane. "
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Airport
Back
Lost
" When I wasn't as attractive as I am now, I suffered at the hands of cruel children and their taunts until I realised that confidence and a bit of aesthetic care can overcome that. "
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Children
Hands
I Am
" You can sway an audience if you win the women over. The gentlemen will follow 'cause they can be so foolish like that at times, they are easily led. "
Johnny Vegas
Will
You
Women
" This autocue was obviously written for someone else and I've been brought in at the last minute. "
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Else
Someone
Minute
" I'm getting positive feedback for my acting so we'll see if any other interesting parts come up. "
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Positive
Interesting
Acting
" They look outside the windows of their apartment in town and realize they're not living in a terrace anymore. This is a room full of dreamers who like to go to London for a day. "
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Windows
Living
Look
" You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is. "
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Hear
You
Saying
" If you write, produce and direct, you own things and see them through to the end. "
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Own
You
Write
" Had I become a priest, the sermons would've been electric! "
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Been
Become
Priest
" I used to be good with kids, but as I get older, I'm grumpy and terrible with them. As for doing a gig at a 6-year old's birthday party, you couldn't pay me enough. "
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Doing
Me
Good
" It is easy for me to love myself, but for ladies to do it is another question altogether. "
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Me
Question
Love
" I always say that the stand-up world is the arena of the unwell, and it is. "
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Stand-Up
Always
Arena
" 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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History
Clever
American
" I actually enjoy being heckled; it keeps it interesting, and I think it is a nice feeling for people once they have left the show. "
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Nice
Enjoy
Interesting
" I had a massive amount of self-belief when I did stand-up. "
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Did
Had
Stand-Up
" Oh, I'm terrible at travel. "
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Travel
Terrible
Oh
" Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out. "
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Stigma
Out
Enough