Johnny Vegas Quotes - Page 2

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• You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear.

  Johnny Vegas

  Las Vegas, Comic, Stage

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• I used to be good with kids, but as I get older, I'm grumpy and terrible with them. As for doing a gig at a 6-year old's birthday party, you couldn't pay me enough.

  Johnny Vegas

  Birthday, Party, Kids

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• My agent once said, 'You're not very driven.' And it's true. I'm not the type to ring up and go, 'Get me this part!'

  Johnny Vegas

  Agents, Driven, Type

  "Here's Johnny ..." by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2006.

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• The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year.

  Johnny Vegas

  Christmas, Years, Boards

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• I am a big fan of smelly cheeses but the rest of the family don't seem to be particularly keen on them.

  Johnny Vegas

  Fans, Cheese, Bigs

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• Never try to be witty with U.S. airport officials. It's always lost on them and you'll find yourself being put back on the plane.

  Johnny Vegas

  Witty, Airports, Finding Yourself

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• Class still matters in Britain today.

  Johnny Vegas

  Class, Matter, Today

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• My first holiday to San Francisco in 1998-99 was supposed to be a two-week vacation but I ended up staying five weeks and nearly didn't come home.

  Johnny Vegas

  Home, Holiday, Vacation

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• Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up.

  Johnny Vegas

  Wise, Block, Said

  "Tears of a clown" by Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2006.

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• I avoid any kind of organised trips as that's one of my bugbears.

  Johnny Vegas

  Kind, Organised

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• I've got too much respect for stand-ups to call myself one.

  Johnny Vegas

  Respect, Las Vegas, Too Much

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• We had a week off in the middle of shooting, but as soon as everyone stopped, we all went down with six different types of flu and other unmentionable diseases.

  Johnny Vegas

  Different, Shooting, Disease

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• They look outside the windows of their apartment in town and realize they're not living in a terrace anymore. This is a room full of dreamers who like to go to London for a day.

  Johnny Vegas

  Las Vegas, Dreamer, Looks

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• I've always said that with kids' TV that people get stuck in it from drama school but that's not fair because I know myself that when you go in creatively, kids are so much more open to ideas. You're so much freer to mess about and try things.

  Johnny Vegas

  Drama, School, Kids

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• There's lots of stuff about me being a fan of Cliff but not being gay. Which suggests that he is, but he's not. Anyway, this is Channel 4, let their lawyers sort it out.

  Johnny Vegas

  Gay, Fans, Stuff

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• I hate flying, airports and the whole rigmarole - queuing up, security and lost luggage.

  Johnny Vegas

  Hate, Airports, Flying

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• I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.

  Johnny Vegas

  Dad, Real, Sleep

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• You don't want to be flattered and become big-headed by getting awards. But, well, I am.

  Johnny Vegas

  Awards, Want, Bigs

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• I think if you're at the point where you're popular enough to sell your wedding photos to OK! Magazine then you don't need the money.

  Johnny Vegas

  Wedding, Thinking, Needs

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• I still give myself the right to be highly critical of others, though.

  Johnny Vegas

  Giving, Critical, Stills

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• We all have days where we can't pronounce things or give it the emotion it deserves.

  Johnny Vegas

  Giving, Emotion, Deserve

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• Some comics are in it for what they can get out of it. Others are in it for a love of comedy. I think those that are in it for a genuine love of comedy find each other within the circuit and become friends.

  Johnny Vegas

  Thinking, Genuine Love, Comedy

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• Oh, I'm terrible at travel.

  Johnny Vegas

  Terrible

  "Here's Johnny ..." by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2006.

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• When I wasn't as attractive as I am now, I suffered at the hands of cruel children and their taunts until I realised that confidence and a bit of aesthetic care can overcome that.

  Johnny Vegas

  Confidence, Children, Hands

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• There is something more spiritual to us than what we are on this earth, but how you access it I'm not sure.

  Johnny Vegas

  Spiritual, Earth, Not Sure

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