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" It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them. "

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" If you work on a comedy show, your basic form of communication is teasing. That's generally how we speak to each other: you communicate the information between the lines of insulting sentences. "

John Oliver

Speak

Work

Information

" There is no greater anesthetic than sport. "

" It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge. "

" My family are from Liverpool, so I have some twang there - I have a Midlands accent, and I was raised about an hour north of London, so my voice is a mess. Although, to American ears, it sounds like the crisp language of a queen's butler. "

" We invented words; we'll tell you how they're supposed to sound. "

" Attending a Sarah Palin rally was simultaneously one of the strangest and most chilling events of my life. "

" I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting into. "

John Oliver

Field

Fun

" It's pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa. "

" Politicians don't really bring up religion in England. "

John Oliver

Bring

Politicians

" I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician. "

" I can't relax. I find vacations problematic. "

" You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting. "

" People are friendlier in New York than London. "

" I would never heckle someone. That's why I think I'm so interested in someone that would. "

" Americans just don't understand dry wit. "

" There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that. "

" If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or a journalist. But I'm happy being a comedian. "

John Oliver

Happy

" I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen. "

" I would much rather America was a more stable, wonderful place. You know, I love it. "

John Oliver

Place

America

" There are two kinds of hecklers: the destructive and constructive hecklers. "

" I have occasionally - if ever I do interviews that are difficult or nerve-wracking - I take my wife's dog tags and have them in my pocket because it's a very quick way to realize that what I'm doing is not that important. It's not really worth getting stressed about because it's not, you know, war. "

" I find it hard in my general life to think further than the week ahead. "

" I've said yes to everything that Jon Stewart has asked me to do. That's been a pretty good career decision, I think. "

John Oliver

Said

Decision

" It really helps a comedian to be an outsider. "

" The only thing I'm nervous about is talking to guests like human beings, because all of my interviews so far have been attacking people. I have a genuine concern about sitting across from an actor whose movies I obviously haven't seen. "

" When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery. "

" Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being. "

" Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect. "

" You can write jokes at any point of the day. Jokes are not that hard to write, or they shouldn't be when it is literally your job. "

" I'm always interested in audience interaction. Not so much aggressive audience interaction - I'm genuinely interested in how people see things. "