Jimmy Carr Quotes

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  I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog’s just ‘gone to live on the farm,’ is limiting and can prevent you making the most of all the time you have.

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• You never want to be the grumpy guy, although I do have quite a grumpy face.

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• You go, well you can’t joke about race. Well if you’re from a different race and that’s your experience of the world and you want to talk about that, then fine. Or you can’t talk about disability, but disabled comics can talk about that.

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• Yes, I have this crazy honk of a laugh.

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• Women were quite terrifying until I was older. I think that’s partly down to confidence.

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• They say the people most affected by the credit crunch are pensioners – well, let go of the handbag then, Nanna.

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• There’s things that I couldn’t joke about but other people could.

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• The tragedy for comedians is there’s nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It’s almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job.

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• The first few weeks of joining Weight Watchers, you’re just finding your feet.

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• The bigger the audience, the better with comedy.

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• Staying in luxury hotels still gives me a kick, especially Oulton Hall in Yorkshire. I’d stay in a hotel for the breakfast and room service.

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• More people are going out to comedy shows than they were before.

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• Like most of the world’s population I’m into coffee, but in a properly big and important way. My perfect weekend would start with a pint of coffee.

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• It’s so clear cut with a comedian – you have that reflex action, whereby you laugh or you don’t. And so you either love us or you simply cannot see why people are laughing.

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• It is such a social thing, laughing. Two thousand people in a room laughing is such a great buzz and they tend to laugh much more in a group.

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• If I’m at home for the weekend – and that is almost never – I tend to get twitchy at about eight o’clock in the evening because my body clock is timed to go on stage. I don’t know what to do with myself.

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• I’m obsessed with TV. How wrong our parents were when they said we should only watch an hour a day. Stop wasting your time reading books.

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• I was in the South of France. I saw a Brownie on a school trip. She was holding up a book. It said on the front ‘rough guide’. I thought: ‘Yeah’ she’s not a looker.

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• I was in love with the idea of being in love with a woman way before I was actually in love with one.

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• I was a Christian. I didn’t want to have s*x before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26.

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Birth:	15th September, 1972
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Television Presenter

About

James Anthony Patrick Carr was born in Isleworth, London, England. He is an English stand-up comedian, television host and actor, known for his signature laugh, deadpan delivery, dark humour, and heckler interaction. He earned a BA degree from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University in 1994. He presented the 100s series of programmes for Channel 4. He was nominated for the 2006 Rose d'Or award for "Best Game Show Host". He won the 2006 British Comedy Award for "Best Live Stand up". His role in several films include: Alien Autopsy, Confetti, Stormbreaker, I Want Candy, and Telstar. His role in television (host) include: Your Face or Mine? (comedy game show), Distraction (game show), The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, and A Comedy Roast (comedy show). He is the author of book, entitled The Naked Jape.

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