Marcus Brigstocke Quotes - Page 2

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• I have learnt that I am incapable of packing the right amount of clothing, probably because I start 10 minutes before I'm supposed to leave, and that I truly hate airports.

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  Hate, Airports, Minutes

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• I'm best known as a stand-up comedian, but I'm a good actor in the right role.

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  Comedian, Roles, Actors

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• Britain is obsessed with political correctness.

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  Political, Obsessed, Britain

  "Of political correctness and referendums" by Marcus Brigstocke, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2005.

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• Catholicism has the clerical equivalent to a nut allergy - even a small exposure to change, and the whole thing will go into anaphylactic shock.

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  Nuts, Allergies, Exposure

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• If you want something Scottish, go get yourself a kilt.

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  Want Something, Kilts, Scottish

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• I spend my jollity on stage, so there is less in my own life.

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  Stage, My Own, My Own Life

  "Portrait of the artist: Marcus Brigstocke, comedian". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2007.

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• Jim Henson was an absolute genius.

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  Genius, Absolutes

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• I think Ross Noble is the only person that I've seen really storm a stand-up slot at a festival, and that was when he led 3,000 people on a conga out of the tent and across the entire site to a vegetarian food truck.

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  Thinking, People, Storm

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• There are a lot of comics at the top end making staggering amounts of money and selling out stadiums. I think stand-up is a more intimate thing than that. Maybe because of the kind of comedy I do. It's like a discussion, but I'm the one with the microphone.

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  Thinking, Comedy, Kind

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

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• To the people who've got iPhones: you just bought one, you didn't invent it!

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  Iphone, People

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• I find myself by default an atheist but fairly unhappily so. It would be bloody marvelous if there was a god.

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  Atheist, Would Be, Default

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• I think it's important never to look yourself up on Wikipedia. I think the temptation to correct any interesting factual errors would be too much.

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  Thinking, Errors, Interesting

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• My purist comedy friends accuse me of being a Jack of all trades and master of none.

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  Comedy, Masters, Trade

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• I failed to get into drama school, and my best friend told me I should do stand-up instead. I was always doing gags and voices, so he booked a gig for me without telling me. I only had four days to write it. I did a seven-minute set; the first four minutes were terrible, but the last two were amazing.

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  Drama, Writing, School

  "60 SECONDS: Marcus Brigstocke". Interview with Paul Kevan, metro.co.uk. June 27, 2007.

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• And much as I enjoy writing and creating stuff, I don't enjoy it so much that I am willing to give up any time that could otherwise be spent performing.

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  Giving Up, Writing, Creating

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• Guilt is feeling bad about what you have done; shame is feeling bad about who you are - all it is, is muddling up things you have done with who you are.

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  Feelings, Guilt, Done

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• I've spent a lot of very happy times in Edinburgh as a result of playing virtually every festival since 1996. It's also a beautiful city in its own right, is walkable, within sight of the sea and mountains - and was too far north for the Luftwaffe to have done any damage, hence the spectacularly beautiful architecture.

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  Beautiful, Sight, Happy Times

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