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" You never want to be the grumpy guy, although I do have quite a grumpy face. "
Jimmy Carr
You
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" I was in the South of France. I saw a Brownie on a school trip. She was holding up a book. It said on the front 'rough guide'. I thought: 'Yeah' she's not a looker. "
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" I like to write a joke without any fat on it. The shorter the better. I cater for people with ADD, basically. "
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" The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job. "
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" After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show instead. "
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" There's things that I couldn't joke about but other people could. "
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" I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26. "
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" I go around the country and do a simple gag like, 'The property ladder is now a snake' and get a real laugh. "
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" If I'm at home for the weekend - and that is almost never - I tend to get twitchy at about eight o'clock in the evening because my body clock is timed to go on stage. I don't know what to do with myself. "
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Weekend
" I was in love with the idea of being in love with a woman way before I was actually in love with one. "
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Woman
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" The first few weeks of joining Weight Watchers, you're just finding your feet. "
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" You go, well you can't joke about race. Well if you're from a different race and that's your experience of the world and you want to talk about that, then fine. Or you can't talk about disability, but disabled comics can talk about that. "
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World
You
Disability
" Yes, I have this crazy honk of a laugh. "
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" I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog's just gone to live on the farm, is limiting. Thoughts like that prevent you from making the most of the time that you have. "
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Time
Thoughts
" A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true. "
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" Women were quite terrifying until I was older. I think that's partly down to confidence. "
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" I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh. "
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" The bigger the audience, the better with comedy. "
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" They say the people most affected by the credit crunch are pensioners - well, let go of the handbag then, Nanna. "
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" Staying in luxury hotels still gives me a kick, especially Oulton Hall in Yorkshire. I'd stay in a hotel for the breakfast and room service. "
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