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Jon Richardson

Profession : Comedian

Birth : September 26, 1982

When I'm filming a documentary, I feel like I should be the straight man, watching with a raised eyebrow.

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When you are single, you're invested in the world because you have to be, because that's all you've got. When you have a kid, it's not more or less; it's just a different way of worrying about the world. And worrying about the world after I'm dead.

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There are things I wouldn't do when hosting, like get people up on stage or get the audience doing a sing-song or something like that.

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I need to keep my ad-libbing skills honed and make sure I'm able to banter with people and treat topics a bit more light-heartedly. But as a stand-up, first and foremost, my job is to make sure that I can write the routine that hopefully people will talk about when something big happens.

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If I had a choice, I would rather watch a comedian not involve themselves in politics at all but be hilarious than someone who doesn't really know what they're talking about getting on their soapbox and complaining.

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My personal opinion is that I don't ever do jokes that are about disability or cancer or what are seen as 'edgier' topics. I've been affected by those things myself, and I think that comedy should be a safe place for people.

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I'm neurotic by nature, but I'm wary of becoming more of a play than a comic - you don't want people coming to see a man having a breakdown for two hours. I'd prefer them coming to hear my astute and witty observations.

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I've never said I have OCD, as I haven't been diagnosed.

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In reality, as a comedian, you're successful because you're funny, and you should be able to be funny about anything.

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Early thirties for women is a very intense time. If you want kids, and you're not in a relationship, there's an urgency there, so they're forced to mature quicker. It's easy for a man in his thirties to be immature - you can have kids into your fifties, whereas women just can't.

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It doesn't mean you can't discuss important things, but I would never do a joke about cancer, just because I don't think any joke is funny enough to justify upsetting someone who is going through that.

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Stand-up is still my job. That is the thing I wanted to get into when I was 21. You cannot beat the immediacy of it, making people laugh without any interruptions or edits.

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I try not to listen to the other comedians performing before me because they will probably be funnier than me.

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Comedy gigs are there because you are all in acceptance that the world is not the way it should be. You have to give yourself a break; otherwise, you would sit crying in a darkened room.

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I'm still very much a Northerner. I try to have chips and gravy twice a week.

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To say I wasn't such a hit with the ladies would be a very kind way of putting it. I was a slow burner, shall we say.

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I've had a lot of compulsions throughout my life which mainly started as a teen around the time I was doing exams.

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I remember a night when I was living in Swindon on my own, and I couldn't sit on the couch because there were two cushions, and I couldn't sit equally between them.

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I'm all about the slapstick, generally. If you fell off it, into it, or through it, I'm probably nearby wetting myself.

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There are many problems with being a comedian: the travel, the late nights, the pressure, the fear of running out of funny things to say.

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