Miranda Hart Quotes

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Miranda Hart

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 14, 1972

I want to be more physical and theatrical within the stand-up. There might be dance moments, and people better watch out - I will gallop.

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When my sitcom 'Miranda' first became successful, I was so in the thick of working and I was so stressed that I didn't really enjoy the moment. You suddenly look back and go, 'Gosh, you've just got to enjoy every day.' And now I wake up and literally pinch myself every day.

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I'm very much in denial that I can't dance. I really go for it, which is almost more embarrassing.

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I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

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My greatest fear is fear. Ooh, meta.

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I only really and truly fully relax on my own. Give me a sun lounger, a pool and a sea view, and I'm happy.

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I think there are different kinds of comedians, and I prefer the clowns who are going: 'I'm an idiot, aren't we all a bit like this, laugh at me.' Whereas, a lot of other comedians are saying: 'Aren't I clever? You want to be me, aren't I cool? Revere me.' Which is fine. But that's not my bag.

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I hate talking about my height, because I don't feel like a tall person... When I see a tall woman, I'm always slightly like, 'Whoa.' It looks weird, but that could be because of my complex about it, my worry over whether it's womanly to be that tall.

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I'll always have to force myself to see the positive, because I'm wired badly, I'd say. I'm just naturally a bit under, a bit depressed.

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The main reason I got into comedy was in the hope that I could make a few people laugh and feel better about life, and the fact that I do that is quite overwhelming, really.

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I have always thought of comedy as an important job and medium, and so I put pressure on myself to do the best I can.

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The embarrassment of a situation can, once you are over it, be the funniest time in your life. And I suppose a lot of my comedy comes from painful moments or experiences in life, and you just flip them on their head.

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You want comedic themes to be recogniseable life truths that we all battle with, and with that comes the healing properties of comedy.

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Writing humour certainly involves pain. A sitcom is 6 months of writing pain!

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I am pleased to say that as I get older, I get less and less like the sitcom 'Miranda.' She is really a clown character, a heightened version of the 20-something me.

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If I had had plastic surgery, I would have asked for something better than the face you are seeing! I actually really hate plastic surgery when it's just for aesthetics and anti-ageing. I think ageing is beautiful and expressive and characterful.

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In my head, I have the most sensational singing voice. I perform concerts to thousands in the shower. The reality is I can hold a tune. The dream is a West End musical one day - no, really!

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No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs.

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I'm not saying writing comedy's brain surgery, but there is a certain pressure to it. It's the equivalent of doing homework that's going to end up on national television.

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There are some professions that culturally and sociologically take a long time to change, and because of that, there's still sexism in comedy audiences. We shouldn't blame them: I do it too. A woman comes on, and I feel slightly anxious. I'm a woman in comedy, and I do that; I think everyone does.

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