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Going to a grammar school, you mixed with all sorts of different types and I used to listen to how they talked. When I did my imitations, I could sound like someone really rough, or I could sound like a cabinet minister.

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I find impressionists slightly annoying, really.

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What I don't like is dance music or hip hop or any of that sort of thing.

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Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

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But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.

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London audiences are tricky, too. They don't laugh as much as the Northern audiences because, and I hate to say this, they are a bit cleverer normally, and they are picking up on all the little details and listening more carefully.

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Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.

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If the person who can effectively sanction ill-conceived wars can play the electric guitar, which is a symbol of rebellion, then that whole worldview becomes confused.

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There's something quite joyful about doing comedy which doesn't really need much analysis. I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.

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Even great people are always slightly disappointing, which is generally what makes them interesting.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Comedian

Born: October 14th, 1965

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