Limmy Quotes

Limmy

Profession : Comedian

Birth : October 20, 1974

I actually don't have a lot of faith in comedy.

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Some people don't like showing any deviation from normality, but I like talking about things like that, so talking about my mental health wasn't a big deal.

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I tell people on Facebook what my Playstation user name is. It's quite a social thing. I put the headset on and I'm just yappin' away. It's kind of like a sad way of socialising. It's like meeting up with people but when you get bored with them you can just switch them off and walk away.

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Why do I want to annoy people? Because annoying people is funny.

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You hear people talking about a Scottish sense of humour, or a Glaswegian sense of humour, all sorts of countries and cities think that they've got this thing that they're funny. I read about the Liverpudlian sense of humour and I was like, 'Aye? What's that then?' You get that and you especially hear about a dark Glaswegian sense of humour.

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I love saying terrible things. Things that I think are terrible and I've gotten in to trouble in the past - just hearing it come out of my mouth or seeing it typed and seeing it out there - something terrible that in real life isn't funny.

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I find heartbreaking stuff really funny.

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I'm alright with being disliked rather than trying to be perfect, because you get to relax then.

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No, I don't think I'll ever get any stalkers, as I'm the stalker type myself.

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There used to be such a thing as a sick joke, or laughing at misfortune, because comedy and laughter are a way of coping. And there is a kind of cruelty to it, but you can separate finding something horrible funny, and what you really think of it.

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I've said before I think the best thing about social media is that it brings people together and the worst thing about social media is that it brings people together. You're assuming that the people following you know what type of person you are and what type of humour you have.

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My maw died when I was 20. You tune into the radio or the telly and life goes on. Things keep on happening. The world doesnae stop.

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I don't really read a lot. I got a few Booker Prize books and some others and thought I'd try this but quite quickly I just stick them down. I do like some Stephen King books but with some of them I just put them down as well. But I'm like that with telly stuff as well and films or music.

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I was reading stories by Raymond Carver and some of his stuff sort of ended abruptly here and there, where in other short stories that I've read have a bit of an ending, a climax, a twist or something like that.

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With my upbringing and where I grew up, people slagged people. If you slagged them, they'd slag you back... I know it pales in comparison to genuine issues that people have got, but I've had people slagging my stuff off on my blog and my website for years.

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I love 'The Twilight Zone,' the original black and white ones with Rod Serling's wee bit at the beginning.

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I'm not a mad genius or anything, but I'm just constantly driven to make things up, but I wonder who I'm doing all this for?

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I'm quite a hermit.

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The very first time I did stand-up, that was terrifying.

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I think no matter where you're from, you're going to be laughing about stuff going on around you.

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