Katy Wix Quotes

Katy Wix

Profession : Actress

Birth : February 28, 1980

Me and my older brother used to do little stupid sketches from a young age, so it was always there but I never thought I could make a living from it, even though I knew I could do it every day.

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In my day, when I was just starting out, it felt like BBC Three was this natural home where you could try stuff out for a younger audience.

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I'm a bit of a perfectionist, I think, so I always think 'Oh, I could have done that better. If only I'd slept better! I'm sure I can be funnier than this! I'm sure this could be funnier!' I'm always thinking that!

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When you are a functioning depressive, you are able to get by, but only just. And there is always this worry that maybe people won't believe that you are struggling and need help, because your life isn't falling apart.

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I don't like karaoke, it makes me really uncomfortable.

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Openly weeping in front of strangers was such a break from social norms that it was liberating.

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Doing 'Not Going Out' has been fantastic and it's a great job, but it is different because you turn up and you're an actor for hire. It is quite fun to do and we all get on so well, we're like a really happy little family.

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My parents were actors and my brother is a musician.

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What I've written is all about real female voices and different types of women. Women who actually swear, and are allowed to be rude or intelligent. It would just be nice to have more 3D characters like this.

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I worry that I use writing as therapy too much actually, which can inspire great authenticity and verve but I do wish to spare the readers a full account of my own neuroses, so I try not to do it too much.

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The one I remember the most is 'Abigail's Party'. Seeing Alison Steadman's performance made me want to do character acting. It was just a phenomenal, convincing, detailed performance.

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It was a running joke in our family that my first crush when I was about four, was King Kong. My mum used to tease me about it all the time. It was the combination of brute strength and these massive, soulful, pained eyes - which I still look for in men - that absolutely got me.

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When I was 11 or 12, I wanted to be a fashion designer. I would draw outfits all the time in my school books and I had the Usborne Book of Fashion Design and spend hours on it.

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I think about this a lot - what if I had a channel? I'd commission the sketch group Sheeps to make tons of series.

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The Day Today' was the first show where I'd learn whole chunks by heart. I couldn't believe that adults were allowed to still be silly.

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I once dreamed that my day job was to push a huge boulder up Oxford Street every day, from 10am to 3pm. It was exhausting but the dream was to do with renegotiating the contract.

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I think you have to be fond of something to pastiche it. If you hated it, it would just come across as bitter.

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My biggest influence is probably Kenny Everett, as a kid.

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I think Chris Morris's stuff really got me. You felt like you were part of a special gang.

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I lived in a yurt in Wales once for a couple of weeks. It was cold and stank.

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