Jack Dee Quotes (38 quotes)

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„There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, 'Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with him?' But it's just a natural expression.“
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„The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes.“
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„Possibly I am difficult to live with, but I don't bring my work home much. I'm either busy or not busy. And I don't work from home. I have an office here which has a white wall. No view. I did try working in a room with a view but it was too interesting. Too distracting.“
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„I'm just part of a tradition of people who aren't pleased. I would never think anyone else who has the same attitude was getting it from me. I'd just think they're... sensible.“
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„But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.“
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„The good thing about 'Have I Got News For You' is it's a compact show but it still gives everyone space to breathe, and everyone always gets a chance to say something if they want to. It's a very difficult show to dominate, and guests who come on and dominate always fall foul.“
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„I tried to be as thorough as I can, but there is a responsibility that we all have, especially with something like AA which is dependant on anonymity. Once you start banging on about it the whole time, you are potentially damaging the whole concept of it.“
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„I don't think anyone's particularly conscious of thinking suits are the thing, but when you see a comedian on stage in jeans and a t-shirt it doesn't matter how good they are - it always looks like amateur hour when they walk onto the stage.“
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„Whenever you're in any acting role you are mortgaging your own character.“
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„My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner.“
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„Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.“
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„In particular, I found praying very disturbing, like swimming with bricks tied to your feet. And yet I was drawn to it constantly.“
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„I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.“
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„I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.“
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„I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.“
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„In many ways, not fitting in has been a comedic asset and a comedic resource.“
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„Mmmm... the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and you try to explain it to someone else and end up saying, 'You had to be there.'“
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„I really hated fighting people and hurting them, but felt unable to stop.“
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„The book is called 'Thanks for Nothing' and it's really the story of how I got into comedy and traces back every strand in my life that is relevant to that story. It's kind of an autobiography but isn't, as it stops about 25 years ago. It goes right up to the first time I do stand up.“
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„It's something that has informed quite a lot of my comedy - that idea of someone who is always trying to get in there with the right crowd, always trying to be a certain type of person and never managing it.“
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Jack Dee
Author born: September 24, 1962
Nationality: British
Author Profession: Comedian

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