Johnny Vegas Quotes

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Johnny Vegas

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 11, 1971

Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up.

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I think it sort of dawns on you that if you're not gigging constantly you're not actually relevant. You may be relevant to a different part of the media now, to television commissioners and editors, but to a young live-comedy audience you're not, really.

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I had a massive amount of self-belief when I did stand-up.

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I've always been looking for other people's approval.

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You don't want to be flattered and become big-headed by getting awards. But, well, I am.

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I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.

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You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is.

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I think if you're at the point where you're popular enough to sell your wedding photos to OK! Magazine then you don't need the money.

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The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year.

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I am a big fan of smelly cheeses but the rest of the family don't seem to be particularly keen on them.

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I get obsessed with decorations and decorating the house. I keep it tasteful outside, but when you get inside it is a bit like Blackpool illuminations, I go bonkers!

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There is something more spiritual to us than what we are on this earth, but how you access it I'm not sure.

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There have been times I've finished a big job and thought, 'Great, a couple of weeks off.' But then a couple of weeks turns to three weeks and then after a month you're staring at the phone willing it to ring.

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It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

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I've got my finger in a lot of pies.

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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway.

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I still give myself the right to be highly critical of others, though.

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I've always said that with kids' TV that people get stuck in it from drama school but that's not fair because I know myself that when you go in creatively, kids are so much more open to ideas. You're so much freer to mess about and try things.

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The idea of being on TV 24 hours a day and people seeing the real me... No.

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I used to attract a lot of feeders. I'd be quite happy to be locked in someone's flat and fed liquidised burgers.

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