Ben Miller Quotes

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Ben Miller

Profession : Comedian

Birth : February 24, 1966

On 'Death In Paradise,' I had a CGI pet lizard and had to react to nothing, which was hideously embarrassing.

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I've been going bald since I was about 17. I'm still hanging on to my hair for dear life, but I do sometimes wonder - should I get a wig?

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I can be indecisive about things - and the less important something is, the more indecisive I am.

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I love the basic comedy of growing a moustache.

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I was an early adopter of everything from Myspace to Twitter, and I think they're just fads, like CB radio.

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I'd like to have a neck. Everyone else has a neck, but I never got one; I don't know what happened. I'm not asking for much: just some sort of separation between my head and my body would be great.

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Prostate cancer has taken a lot from me. First it took my grandfather and then my dad.

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Galactic plankton is undoubtedly out there, but it's statistically highly likely there's also another intelligent civilisation out there somewhere. Unfortunately, the distances and time differences are so great, communication might remain impossible.

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There's something wonderful about that sort of Poirot, Agatha Christie-style investigation: cross-questioning all the witnesses and checking their stories, looking for means, motive, and opportunity.

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I took my son to an exhibition about inventing things, and he was so inspired he started collecting toilet rolls and empty bottles for his own 'inventions.'

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Ricky Gervais has jokes about people with disabilities, but do I think that's a healthy thing? Yes, I really do, because he's chosen his targets very carefully, and he's thought about what he's doing.

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I did a very stupid diet where you have three food groups, and you never eat them together. It's so bloody tedious; I'm losing the will to live just describing it. I managed to stay very thin because you spent your life wandering around starving hungry looking for a chickpea to go with a chicken leg.

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All men in their 40s want to be in rock bands, and I reserve the right to be in a pub band at some point.

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I've always loved science, but I was never going to make much of a contribution. I'm better off having science as a hobby.

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I got my first Mac in 1984. I've got an Airbook, iPad, iPhone, the lot. I love that blend of technology, creativity, and design.

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I'm very lucky, I had a very amicable separation and very amicable divorce, but it was still horrendous.

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I want to get across that science is something that we all have ownership of and we can all take an interest in. We don't all have to understand complex theories, but we should have a working knowledge, like knowing your way round the engine of your car.

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Science is a hobby, and I'm really into it, but it's not my job. My job is to learn about comedy and to make people laugh. Science, for me, is probably a bit like Danny Baker's love of football or Rod Stewart's obsession with train sets.

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I'd like to see the argument made for greater worldwide federalism, not just the European Union.

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Everyone was doing alternative comedy. I thought I'd distinguish myself by just telling jokes, with differing degrees of success.

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