Frank Skinner Quotes

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Frank Skinner

Profession : Comedian

Birth : January 28, 1957

I read comic books when I was a kid. Now I have a passion for art and galleries that I think came from that. I didn't read a book without pictures until I was 21.

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I love being able to talk about anything.

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Scarily, I was only about 11 or 12 when my mum pointed out my resemblance to Stan Laurel. I know he's the ultimate loser, but I was happy to hear it.

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I think when anyone says you look like a famous person you fiercely deny it, and then go around hoping other people will say it, too.

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I don't get many compliments on my looks.

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If you strip a lot of performers to the core, you find that urge to show off.

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I've always been wary of anyone who calls themselves a 'shock comic.'

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The Daily Mirror called me a 'money-grabbing reptile' once. I could cope with the reptile part, but 'money-grabbing' hurt.

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I actually like - if I may use the F word - fame. I like people stopping me in the street and saying, 'Can I have a photo?'

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Being a comic is the best possible job.

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I have seen pretty horrible blokes thinking they can do pretty much what they like over the years, not just in showbusiness but in ordinary jobs and in pubs and stuff.

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I love touring. Not just the shows, I love hotels. I love motorway services at three o'clock in the morning. I like long car journeys, so I like all the trimmings basically.

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I think it is a humanising thing, comedy.

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My dream has always been to live somewhere in London where the chimneys look as if they could have been used in 'Mary Poppins.'

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For clothes I usually go to Ben Sherman.

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Being on your own in a gallery is the biggest treat, as long as the lights are switched on.

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I think I was probably a 60-year-old man in waiting for most of my life. Even as a child I had something of the man in my sixties about me.

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I must have been one of the few New Lads who was teetotal.

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I did a few mainstream clubs in Birmingham when I started out. Racist comedy was absolutely the norm. Every act was doing it and when blokes talked about their wives or women in any way it was always derogatory.

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