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" People are always asking, 'Where does Michael Pennington end and Johnny Vegas begin,' and you're going, 'It's not like that: it's blurred right across.' "
Johnny Vegas
Always
End
Right
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" 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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" 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. "
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" With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle. "
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" You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery. "
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" My name is Michael Pennington, and I am not a comic character. "
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" Had I become a priest, the sermons would've been electric! "
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" In credits, I'm 'Michael' sometimes now, but people know you as something, so there's no point fighting it. 'Squiggle,' you'll always be 'Prince,' and 'The Rock,' just accept it. I want to move on, but not that much. So I'm still known as 'Johnny Vegas.' "
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" '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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" Oh, I'm terrible at travel. "
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Terrible
Oh
" 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 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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" I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion. "
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Politics
Racism
Work
" I found popularity through self-destruction, and that can be quite addictive. "
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Quite
Popularity
" Being 'Johnny' was almost like an out of body experience. I thought he was just a character that I'd created and could quite easily step away from, but it was much more difficult than that. "
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Step
Thought
Character
" For the greater good, I thought I should be a spiritual leader for people for some reason. "
Johnny Vegas
Spiritual
People
Thought
" Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine. "
Johnny Vegas
Watch
Comedy
Find
" I've been offered all the reality TV shows but have turned them down. If I did it as 'Johnny,' there'd be no jungle left! It was really hard regaining control of myself, so I am reluctant to let 'Johnny' back out of the box. "
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Down
Control
Reality
" I am a big fan of smelly cheeses but the rest of the family don't seem to be particularly keen on them. "
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Fan
Family
Seem
" 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. "
Johnny Vegas
History
Clever
American
" There was always that thing with 'Johnny' - I always saw myself as his writer and PR. But when he got out there, I had no control. His whole thing was going off on those flights of fancy. Going, 'Let's see what we can possibly do that hasn't been done before up here.' And when it works, it's lovely; it's a great night. "
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See
Great
Done
" 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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Everyone
Down
Week
" I used to attract a lot of feeders. I'd be quite happy to be locked in someone's flat and fed liquidised burgers. "
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Used
Attract
Someone
" I use very few muscles at the best of times. "
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Few
Use
Best
" 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
" You don't want to be flattered and become big-headed by getting awards. But, well, I am. "
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I Am
Become
Want
" 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
" 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. "
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Never
Mind
Sex
" 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 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
" There's this idea that it has to be made in London. But we've got everything up here, and if you've got comics who are gifted because of where they're from, you shouldn't drag them away from that natural resource. "
Johnny Vegas
London
Everything
You