Jimmy Carr Quotes

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Jimmy Carr

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 15, 1972

I don't think it's any coincidence that I lost my religious faith and 'manned up' in the same year. I was described somewhere as a lapsed Catholic, which is funny because I'm not going back! I want to achieve things rather than live life in an animalistic way.

Jimmy Carr

After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show instead.

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I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26.

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I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You write a certain type of joke that you find funny, and mine happen to be often rude. Yes, it's juvenile, but that's me.

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I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog's just gone to live on the farm, is limiting. Thoughts like that prevent you from making the most of the time that you have.

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There's things that I couldn't joke about but other people could.

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I was in the South of France. I saw a Brownie on a school trip. She was holding up a book. It said on the front 'rough guide'. I thought: 'Yeah' she's not a looker.

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More people are going out to comedy shows than they were before.

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I don't see myself as offending people.

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I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh.

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If I'm at home for the weekend - and that is almost never - I tend to get twitchy at about eight o'clock in the evening because my body clock is timed to go on stage. I don't know what to do with myself.

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Women were quite terrifying until I was older. I think that's partly down to confidence.

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I like to write a joke without any fat on it. The shorter the better. I cater for people with ADD, basically.

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You go, well you can't joke about race. Well if you're from a different race and that's your experience of the world and you want to talk about that, then fine. Or you can't talk about disability, but disabled comics can talk about that.

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You never want to be the grumpy guy, although I do have quite a grumpy face.

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As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.

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I was in love with the idea of being in love with a woman way before I was actually in love with one.

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They say the people most affected by the credit crunch are pensioners - well, let go of the handbag then, Nanna.

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The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job.

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It is such a social thing, laughing. Two thousand people in a room laughing is such a great buzz and they tend to laugh much more in a group.

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