Paul Whitehouse Quotes

Paul Whitehouse

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 17, 1958

I like to think I'm quite cocky, and at home in any company. But you're not really, are you?

Paul Whitehouse

However much of a brave face you put on, you sometimes realise 'These people are just so much better than me at everything.'

Paul Whitehouse

If someone says 'Oh, that's a really good film,' before I go and see it, I'll probably think it is, but then if someone else says it's crap then a seed of doubt will be planted.

Paul Whitehouse

Working on 'Nurse' was actually a labour of love for us; we helped each other through it and found it very uplifting in a curious way.

Paul Whitehouse

Nurse' couldn't be construed as laughing at the characters. You can't do something about mental illness without being genuine about the characters. Given the nature of the material, you can't fake it. That would be trite and wrong.

Paul Whitehouse

I know that everyone is fighting for every penny of government finance, but we need more money to deal with the mental health problems we face. It's not the most glamorous of causes, but it's not going to go away.

Paul Whitehouse

I met Harry through a mutual friend in the early Eighties, when Harry used to do a passable Prince Charles impersonation over a pint in my local pub in Hackney.

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Sometimes Harry worries a bit too much. As he likes the role of being burdened with the cares of the world, I humour him. He thinks he knows best and a lot of the time, he does. We're both champagne lefties, though I hate champagne.

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Making it big in pop would have suited me fine, although comedy is a far better world for an older person.

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I never write alone.

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It's tiring doing eight shows a week.

Paul Whitehouse

I do a programme with Bob Mortimer, where we explore our heart problems. We both tend to it really carefully. I have to be a bit careful.

Paul Whitehouse

In many ways I was lucky: my dad had a quadruple bypass in his fifties. When I had the heart stents, the guy who did it said, 'Well I didn't put them in for you to go and sit by the fire, so get up and go out.'

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People say how refreshing it is to see two men open up. But I don't really think of us as being those types of people. In fact, Bob's philosophical questions sometimes drive me round the bend.

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My disappointment with Christmas stems from my abject horror at losing the magic of Christmas when I was young. That's where it comes from. Because I'll never capture that Christmas joy and excitement again.

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The first time we went fishing together was not long after Bob had his heart surgery in 2015. His treatment had been significantly worse than expected, but I badgered him to come out fishing at Stockbridge on the River Test.

Paul Whitehouse

My dad was a very calm figure in my life and I have only good memories of him. We had a very simple relationship - we didn't need to talk much in each other's company - but we were always at ease.

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The Queen musical ran for years, but then Rod Stewart's wasn't as successful, so you never know.

Paul Whitehouse

I was on holiday in Somerset with my daughter, just sitting watching the telly or something, when: BANG! One minute I was fine, the next I thought I'd been shot in the stomach.

Paul Whitehouse

If you do certain accents it's considered racist, but I'm not convinced it is.

Paul Whitehouse