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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think you can be sceptical, and still do things that are in a joyful way, and ultimately you are on stage entertaining. If you let your philosophy get too much in the way of that, then you are failing as an entertainer.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have got friends that I have got to know and found out that, the first few times I was with them, they were just thinking that everything I was doing was some kind of weird mind game, which is hysterical, really, because I couldn't be any less like that.
- Impress
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- Nov 07, 2020
A bedrock of insecurity made me want to impress and want to be the center of attention.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't terribly sociable. I had two or three friends at school. I drew things, played with Lego. My parents left me free to do whatever made me happy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Relationships are very good at making you more conscious of yourself. Especially as you get older, you develop a crust around your madnesses and shortcomings that take someone else to recognize them.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kindness and compassion aren't political qualities even though they get politicized.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the sheer hell of trying to get a film made; I don't know if it would ultimately be worth it. The sort of format that I have, these TV things, sit somewhere between documentaries and reality shows and entertainment shows and dramas.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People often think that you get the most of everything from having your face on the screen but its really, like musicians, when you hit the road. It's also where the most fun is, the adrenaline of it every night, giving this incredibly well rehearsed charismatic version of yourself every night and people hopefully loving you.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
The joy of doing the TV or something like 'Sacrifice' isn't really the process of doing it; the joy is going through this real-life experience.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a controlling thing on stage - you're directing the action, getting people to play their role. In real life, I take being kind and nice seriously, so the last thing I'd ever want to be is that weird, controlling, manipulative character.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're a comedian, it's a bit of a choice whether or not you want to be funny when you're not performing because it might feel disingenuous. In the same way, I don't show people magic tricks in social situations any more.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm probably more persuasive than the next person if I want to be, but do I want to be? In my head, I just don't go there.
- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a natural aptitude for wanting to be the centre of attention and a definite skill for annoying people.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
We go through life owned by the stories we tell ourselves which are often historic and charged narratives - things we've learnt since childhood that we don't even consciously realise are going on.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020