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The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked.

~John Oliver

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I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.

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You can write jokes at any point of the day. Jokes are not that hard to write, or they shouldn't be when it is literally your job.

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Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.

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I find it hard in my general life to think further than the week ahead.

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You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well.

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I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.

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You don't really know when stand-up material is TV ready; it's just at what point you're willing to let it go and not work on it anymore. I'm not sure there is a point at which you think: 'And that is finished.'

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The only thing I'm nervous about is talking to guests like human beings, because all of my interviews so far have been attacking people. I have a genuine concern about sitting across from an actor whose movies I obviously haven't seen.

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Stand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Comedian

Born: April 23rd, 1977

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