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• When I want comfort food, I buy Maltesers. I like all chocolates, but especially those. You can eat them, and because they're so light, you can convince yourself that they are not actually that fattening.

  David Walliams

  Light, Chocolate, Comfort

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.

  David Walliams

  Uncles, Dad, Japan

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've noticed that once you leave London you do kind of become a bit more famous. People in London are a bit too cool for school. It's not so unusual to see someone from London in the street. But outside of London people are a bit more excited to see you and come out and support you.

  David Walliams

  School, Support You, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

  David Walliams

  Thinking, Comedy, Humour

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• I haven't put much effort into my personal life and blithely believe it will turn out all right in the end.

  David Walliams

  Believe, Effort, Ends

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Definitely I love women, I love being around women, I find them incredible and intoxicating, and I've never had that feeling I get with women with a man.

  David Walliams

  Love Is, Men, Feelings

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think most people that do comedy write for themselves. I don't think there is any other way you can do it, really. Otherwise it would be quite cynical.

  David Walliams

  Writing, Thinking, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Social satire has been around since people have been around.

  David Walliams

  People, Satire, Social

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Reality always outstrips fiction. Whatever you make up, something more incredible always pops up in real life.

  David Walliams

  Real, Fiction, Incredibles

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm terribly attention-seeking. It's very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can't exactly.

  David Walliams

  Different, Attention, Want

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There's a sort of magic and music to comedy. Some words, some numbers even, are funnier than others. A Caramac bar, for instance, is funnier than a Milky Way.

  David Walliams

  Numbers, Magic, Bars

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think comedy is a bit more international than people credit. I happily watch lots of American shows and American comedy films. If I did a list of the top 10 comedy films in Britain, there's no sense that it would probably be different than yours.

  David Walliams

  Thinking, People, Different

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• American culture is kind of an international culture, isn't it? British culture is a bit more unique. I think funny things are sort of funny around the world, really.

  David Walliams

  Unique, Thinking, Culture

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Writing for radio really focuses the mind, because you can't rely on thinking "Oh, just pull a funny face at the end of this sketch." You've got to try to work on the words.

  David Walliams

  Writing, Thinking, Mind

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When you are doing endurance swimming you just need to take in as many carbs as possible to put on as much weight as you can. Basically you can eat whatever you want, which can be quite fun. Everything is guilt-free.

  David Walliams

  Fun, Swimming, Guilt

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And I'm willing to risk quite a lot - as a comedian, you're always risking a lot. You're risking failure, especially if you're improvising and going on TV shows trying to make comedy out of thin air. That is quite a risky business.

  David Walliams

  Air, Tv Shows, Risk

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things.

  David Walliams

  Thinking, Funny Things, Trying

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't know what I'll be like when I'm 60. I already have the traits of a retired gentleman.

  David Walliams

  Gentleman, Retired, Knows

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All human life can be found in an airport.

  David Walliams

  Airports, Found, Human Life

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's important when you're married not to forget those things you used to do when you were trying to get her to marry you. You can't send flowers and buy gifts then, when you're married, say, 'Right, get my tea on'. That doesn't go down well. So you've got to keep that level of interest going.

  David Walliams

  Flower, Tea, Important

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.

  David Walliams

  Criticism, Want, I Can

  "So, Eddie Izzard, were your marathons an attempt to trump my swims?". Interview with Eddie Izzard, www.independent.co.uk. March 23, 2012.

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• I don't get recognized much, and am very happy with that. The fans I have met have all been delightful.

  David Walliams

  Fans, Mets, Very Happy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins, and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name with somebody who either is famous or becomes famous.

  David Walliams

  Thinking, Names, Unfortunate

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I haven't traditionally been a family entertainer.

  David Walliams

  Entertainers, Havens

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It can be difficult to be subtle and not cartoony in prosthetics. But when you see characters like Bubbles and Desiree from 'Little Britain' on screen, it makes all the hard work worth it. It's such fun watching those transformations.

  David Walliams

  Fun, Hard Work, Character

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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