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I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse.

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

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The disconnect between America and its military is shocking.

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People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on 'The Daily Show'... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor.

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I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen.

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There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that.

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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.

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People in Britain see Richard Quest as a kind of an offensive cartoon character.

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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.

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I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Comedian

Born: April 23rd, 1977

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