Arthur Smith Quotes

• On paper, England are a good cricket team.The trouble is they play on grass.

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• When they meet a stand-up comic, people sometimes remark: ‘That must be the hardest job in the world.’ Among comedians, only Freddie Starr is not embarrassed and slightly appalled by this remark.

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• When synchronised swimming first appeared on TV, we laughed very heartily, and I, for one, applauded the decision to introduce humour into the Olympics.

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• When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of ‘Peter Pan’ for the school play. They didn’t use it – I imagine it was unperformable – but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me.

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• When a writer dies you get a higher standard of obituary.

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• Theatricals can be irritating, but will provide a better night out than mobile phone salespeople.

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• The Romantic poets were the prototype ramblers, and I’ve often found myself following in their footsteps – although perhaps not all of their footsteps since a typical walk for Samuel T. Coleridge might last two days and cover 145km.

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• The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer.

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• The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness.

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• The outfits come and go but there is a constant that I like about the catwalk model: the snotty expression.

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• The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance.

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• The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but that’s about it.

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• The book may be garbage, but if it weighs in at a kilo or more, I stand before its author in awe.

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• The Bible has no doubt had much influence in its time, but it provides very few laughs. None, in fact.

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• The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper – perhaps Welsh rarebit – and then arrive early to do some stretching exercises in the foyer before curtain-up.

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• Sometimes it’s good to do something that you’ve never done before, so yesterday, I went out to buy Elton John’s new album.

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• Sometimes it’s bad to do something you’ve never done before.

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• Someone once described me as the Zelig of comedy, and I think I know what he means.

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• Sky and clouds and trees and little figures relaxing in the perfect rural rhythm of their surroundings: these are the staples of a Gainsborough landscape.

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• Reading the play at home, however fulfilling, can never be the vivacious experience that Shakespeare intended.

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Arthur Smith (56)

Birth:	27th November, 1954
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Writer

About

Arthur Smith was born in Bermondsey, South London. He is an English alternative comedian and writer. He then studied at the University of East Anglia where he was chairman of the poetry society, wrote for the student newspaper and contributed sketches for the student review. He graduated with a 2:1 BA degree in comparative literature in 1976. In addition to stand-up comedy, Smith has performed musical comedy shows such as Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen. He is also a radio presenter on such BBC Radio 4 programmes as Excess Baggage and Loose Ends, and appears on television comedy panel games. He is currently one of the hosts of "The Comedy Club" on BBC Radio 4 Extra. In 2005, Smith turned down a lifetime achievement award from the Perrier Award organisers. Smith is a staunch Socialist and is a supporter of the Labour Party.

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