Eddie Izzard Quotes

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Eddie Izzard

Profession : Comedian

Birth : February 7, 1962

There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?

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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.

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I like my coffee like I like my women. In a plastic cup.

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I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.

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I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.

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Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.

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If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan.

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If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.

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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

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I wanna live 'til I die, no more, no less.

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I don't believe that competitions are important.

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Well, comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

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I'd be happy to be taken as a woman - and that's what I was initially trying to do when I started throwing on dresses and stuff. But that wasn't going to happen because everyone kept calling me sir. So I thought I'd change the method and just start wearing what I wanted to wear.

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So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!

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If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.

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I'm a one-man idiot.

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I wanted to be less well-known in comedy.

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Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.

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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.

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In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up.

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