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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.

~Barry Humphries

Topics: Bores Business Contemporaries Destiny Entered Logical Most School World

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Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.

~Barry Humphries

Topics: Beautiful Beautiful Thing Between Happily His Man Married Married Man Most Most Beautiful Most Beautiful Thing Place Secretary Sex Take Thing

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People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten.

~Barry Humphries

Topics: After Forgotten Guests Long Me Only People Remained Shows Those Watch

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I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them.

~Barry Humphries

Topics: Could Empower Other People Pick Say Them Things Wish

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I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

~Barry Humphries

Topics: Badly Gets Greatly Life My Life Nerves Stage Still Suffer Worse

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I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!

~Barry Humphries

Topics: Cheated Day Done Drifted Earn Enough Feel Good Guilty Had Knew Life Like Living My Life Never Painter Successful Theatre Work I Feel I Feel Like

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I denied this for many, many years and years... but you cannot help but not see a little of my mother in the character of Edna.

~Barry Humphries

Topics: Cannot Character Denied Help Little Many Mother See Years Years And Years You

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Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language... and the imaginative, creative use of that language can be at the service of humour.

~Barry Humphries

Topics: Comedy Creative Disposal Funny Great Humour Imaginative Just Just Looking Language Looking Now Our Point Service Use

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I guess you could say I'm an addict - an adrenalin addict - I get great excitement and stimulation from doing stuff in public, even though I'm nervous and I have very bad stage fright.

~Barry Humphries

Topics: Addict Adrenalin Bad Could Doing Even Excitement Fright Get Great Guess Nervous Public Say Stage Stage Fright Stimulation Stuff Though Very You

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What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'

~Barry Humphries

Topics: About Am Character Every Extraordinary Extremely Funny Now Now And Then Outside Says She Something Speak Stage Stand Talking Then Think Though Thought Were Wings Wish You I Am I Wish

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Entertainer

Born: February 17th, 1934

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