Frank Skinner Quotes

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Frank Skinner

Profession : Comedian

Birth : January 28, 1957

Fame changes you and I suppose I stopped biting my lip for a while. I started to point out when people weren't doing their job properly.

Frank Skinner

I don't want a Lamborghini. Even if I was given one, I'd be like one of those people who won the speedboat on 'Bullseye' and have it in Exchange & Mart within 48 hours.

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The edge of inappropriate is the spiritual home of the best stand-up comedy.

Frank Skinner

Sometimes when you start improvising on stage, which I do a fair bit of, obviously you haven't planned it. But to be honest, it's not like I'm one of these blokes who is sitting at home pouring it all out and then does a different thing on stage.

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If I'd have had kids in my 20s it would have been nightmarish.

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If you can stop thinking, it's like rebooting your brain.

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That's the way I like my posh people, up front. I like the fact that Jack Whitehall will talk about being posh, or David Mitchell.

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I stopped drinking before I became a comic; one was a replacement for the other.

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There is a period in your life when you need your parents and a period in your life where you only think you need your parents. Something clicks, there's a little switch that goes and your parents, who had been the wind beneath your wings, through no fault of their own can start to oppress a bit, can start to stop you doing stuff.

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I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure.

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When I started earning, a lot of me didn't need worrying about anymore, so I had scope to worry about someone else. Money, I think, has made me kinder.

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I think I'm quite broad-minded.

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Now that I've met posh people, I think you meet some you like and some you don't.

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I'm prepared to stand by what I say.

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I remember when I turned 30 and I started doing sit-ups, I split with my girlfriend and stopped drinking and all sorts of things. It was a very weird time. But 60... I like it.

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Poetry has always been this completely alien art to me. I am the sort of bloke who, when he gets into things, generally tries to have a go at doing them. But I've never thought I could write poetry.

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I have never managed to find a sport I'm good at - I love sport but I just can't do it.

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My dreams are things like: I'm in the supermarket, I queue, and then I leave the supermarket. It's basically my life but I happen to be asleep.

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If you earn a lot of money you should pay a lot of tax.

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People are a bit surprised if I say anything bright but I've probably brought that on.

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