Mel Giedroyc Quotes

Mel Giedroyc

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : June 5, 1968

I know things can go pear-shaped.

Mel Giedroyc

Comedy can become quite addictive actually.

Mel Giedroyc

Mum and Dad have both got very well-tuned senses of humour.

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It was an honour to be asked to do 'The Gift.' The producers took a risk asking me because, coming from a comedy background, I am not known for this kind of highly-charged, emotional show.

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Nobody likes a presenter melting in a self-indulgent puddle of tears.

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I'm really proud of 'The Gift.' There are stories we can all relate to - a first love that went wrong, a person who bullied us at school, a kind person we took for granted.

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At school in the 1970s, no one cared about bullying. I spent the first four years being the apple of the teachers' eye and being bullied for it.

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At Trinity College there was a coterie of the poshest of the posh, people you didn't ever see, they were so posh. They went to each other's rooms and, at weekends, each other's estates. I preferred to be with the weirdo bunch of raggle-taggle thesps.

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I met Sue Perkins at the Footlights, where she brought the house down at the auditions.

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I got into Cambridge and it all went downhill.

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I can't take UKIP seriously. I should, I must, it's our duty to take them seriously, because they're coming out with some really heinous old crap about immigration.

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I would not describe myself as the best Catholic - I'm a bit of a cherry-picker. I like the community of it.

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My kids both had Catholic junior school education, which I'm really glad for - it taught them how to be compassionate, how to be kind.

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I've never seen 'Light Lunch' - only clips. But I do remember from those clips that there was a lot of bounding about and energy and I think that's probably slightly lessened over the years.

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Of course there's pressure on you whatever timeslot you're doing, but I think there's more pressure on you as you go into the evening and I think being tucked away in a nice teatime arena feels quite nice.

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It feels like you are in your own little bubble when you film 'Bake Off.' There is no noise, the outside world doesn't exist when we are filming. It's us, the tent and the bakers.

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People can now get to see anything they want, in any shape or form, anywhere, on laptop, iPad or 'phone. What's not controllable, though, is the live element. So there's still a real thrill for TV viewers in watching actors pulling it all together and performing live, and a real challenge for the actors.

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I can hold a tune but it's a bit ropey.

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Noel Fielding is a friend of mine and I love what he does.

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I love performing in front of a live audience and just stepping out in front of ruddy Royal Albert Hall is just something, I can't describe it.

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