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" There's a domino effect with certain things you say. "
Johnny Vegas
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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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" 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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" 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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Parents
" 'Johnny' was always a lone wolf when he got on stage. Him against the world, whereas suddenly, when I got into acting, people were relying on me. "
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Acting
Always
" Oh, I'm terrible at travel. "
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Terrible
Oh
" 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
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" It's lovely being a parent and being in a strong marriage with somebody who is your best friend. "
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Best
Strong
Marriage
" I hate flying, airports and the whole rigmarole - queuing up, security and lost luggage. "
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Up
Whole
Flying
" 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. "
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School
Ads
Now
" 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
" 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
Doing
" With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle. "
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Chance
Fickle
Quite
" I've always said that with kids' TV that people get stuck in it from drama school but that's not fair because I know myself that when you go in creatively, kids are so much more open to ideas. You're so much freer to mess about and try things. "
Johnny Vegas
Myself
People
You
" 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 had a massive amount of self-belief when I did stand-up. "
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Did
Had
Stand-Up
" 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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Racism
Work
" I was loved as a kid; I was raised with more love and emotional support than most folks could wish for... my memories aged nought to ten... are all bound up together in a mesh of innocence and fun. "
Johnny Vegas
Love
Fun
Together
" The idea of being on TV 24 hours a day and people seeing the real me... No. "
Johnny Vegas
Real
Me
Day
" I get obsessed with decorations and decorating the house. I keep it tasteful outside, but when you get inside it is a bit like Blackpool illuminations, I go bonkers! "
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You
Like
Outside
" 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
" 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 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. "
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Best
Health
I Am
" I always feel like an interloper when I do serious drama. It's my own paranoia. "
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Like
Serious
Drama
" Some comics are in it for what they can get out of it. Others are in it for a love of comedy. I think those that are in it for a genuine love of comedy find each other within the circuit and become friends. "
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Friends
Think
Out
" 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
" Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine. "
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Watch
Comedy
Find
" 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
" I wanted to try and trace the genuine origins of 'Johnny' and how he so successfully staged this takeover of 'Michael Pennington.' 'Johnny' is a contradiction to who I am as a person. I'm not very good at confrontation, I have a tendency to internalise and to carry things around. "
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I Am
Carry
Person
" I believe that Britain is becoming more class-conscious, and I quake at the very idea of Old Etonians ruling the world again. "
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I Believe
World
Old
" The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year. "
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