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" There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups make it big in Britain. "

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John Oliver

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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. "

" I would hate to meet myself at 15. "

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

" Politics has become infused with narcissism in America. "

" There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. "

" I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to do by a British accent. That's why so many infomercials have British people. "

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

" I watch one news channel until my soul can't take it anymore. It's the background of my life. "

" Most stand-ups, once they have done it, think of it as their default job. I'm pretty sure Jon Stewart still feels that way now. You are a stand-up first; other things come and go. "

" Here in America, people come out to see what they've known you to do. In England, it's like everyone comes out to tell you exactly how well they think you're doing. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Sometimes it's good to remember how bad food can be, so you can enjoy the concept of flavour to the fullest. "

" 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. "

" Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury. "

" In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup, you don't really want to be listening to what somebody is saying; you want to project your jokes into their face. And that's really not a good instinct with a 'Daily Show' field piece, where it's supposed to be an interview. "

" The disconnect between America and its military is shocking. "

" When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing. "

" It's exciting to have a role in anything that's Claymation, just because you're always intrigued by what a clay wizard version of yourself would be. "

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

" The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked. "

John Oliver

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

John Oliver

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

" People really have come for a dialogue when they go to a stand-up show in the U.K. They say, 'I understand that you have now finished your little comedy monologue; now I have something to say regarding what I've just heard. "

" Veterans' issues are quite close to my heart. I find it quite hard to talk about, actually. "

John Oliver

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" I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy. "

" The British press are a group of unremitting scumbags. And sometimes they use that scumbaggery to good ends, and often not. "