Matt Berry Quotes

Matt Berry

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 2, 1974

What I love about 'Toast' is that there's always new stuff you can do with him.

Matt Berry

I'm not going to do anything that I don't think is very funny, even if it's a lot of money or massive exposure.

Matt Berry

When I was a student, I couldn't afford anything.

Matt Berry

When I do a voiceover now, there are always a few people I've borrowed bits off, whether it's their hats or facial hair, who'll say: 'That's so funny; it's obviously based on this guy.' You think, 'It ain't: it's you.' Actors never think characters are based on them.

Matt Berry

I wasn't interested in sport or anything obvious, so I didn't stand out. I was interested in music, but I couldn't read music, so I wasn't allowed to do the GCSE. I was interested in painting, but no one's interested in a 16-year-old boy who's interested in painting. I wanted to get out of school very, very quickly.

Matt Berry

If you're a thoughtful person, you won't want to be in people's faces all the time.

Matt Berry

I'd tell my teenage self he did the right thing never getting a proper job.

Matt Berry

Closest to my heart is probably 'Toast of London' because I came up with the character, based on a bunch of people I worked with in the industry. And Channel 4 didn't mess with it. Head to screen, it was exactly as I wanted it.

Matt Berry

A lot of my songs are about things that concern me personally, not a heightened version of myself or any of the characters that I play.

Matt Berry

When you come to the end of a TV project, it's good to be able - and I'm kind of lucky - that I can just go into a different medium, make another album, or do whatever.

Matt Berry

I didn't know how interested I was in performing until I did 'Darkplace.' I hadn't done anything really up until that point. I didn't mind the cameras, and I didn't know that I would enjoy it.

Matt Berry

I always come back to the gentler stuff like Simon & Garfunkel and the Fleet Foxes' first album - that's quite an odd one.

Matt Berry

Something like 'Knock Knock,' I was trying to do a Joe Meek, 'Johnny Remember Me'-type thing.

Matt Berry

The folk that you get on Radio 1 isn't the sort of thing that I'm into: it's kind of too uptempo and jaunty for me. I prefer a bit of atmosphere and a bit of darkness.

Matt Berry

There's always another idea round the corner that I want to do. So while I can, it's important to do them, because there will come a time when I can't.

Matt Berry

I've never had a plan for any of this: there was never a plan for, 'Right, I must get on the TV,' 'Right, I must have my own show,' 'Right, I must be a movie star.' I don't think like that. I haven't ever had that sort of interest.

Matt Berry

I try not to see myself as anything, as that would be embarrassing. But if I had to label myself, I'd probably say I was an artist due to the fact that I enjoy working within the arts on different platforms, of which comedy is just one.

Matt Berry

Yes, I performed at the Secret Policeman's Ball at Radio City Music Hall and loved every minute.

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When I'm not working, I'll spend time with loved ones.

Matt Berry

I still believe that the best art - be it music, comedy, painting, etc. - is the art that hasn't been asked for, or is expected.

Matt Berry