Alex Horne Quotes

Alex Horne

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 10, 1978

When I created 'Taskmaster,' it was never meant to be suitable for family Christmases. The host, Greg Davies, is a sweary giant, the comedians are often uncouth and the show was on late-night TV.

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And in real life, I'm actually quite authoritative and strict.

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The most successful people in comedy do seem to be the most funny.

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There's a sort of unwritten rule that the more elaborate the task is, the less likely it is to work. If we spend a lot of money on a big prop, it almost certainly won't make it.

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New shows do tend to be eaten up by Twitter.

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I live in a small village on the Norfolk coast, far from the Edinburgh festival.

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Comedy is getting more diverse - you can do anything on a stage now. It doesn't have to be just one man and a mic.

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I've got children and I wanted to impress them and show them what I do for a living, do something that they understand and enjoy.

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I had piano lessons for six months and got nowhere.

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I'm getting into single malt whisky.

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The first year I was in Edinburgh in 1999 I got six parking tickets.

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We definitely don't do everyone's tasks in the same order and that's quite useful. On someone's first day they might do it somewhat differently to how they'd do it on their last day because they become a different person by the end - they don't trust us anymore.

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My wife works odd hours as a journalist for breakfast radio.

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I do like the word 'juggernaut.'

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