I am a comedian. I do feel I have to put my experience on a public stage. As an artist, that's what… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
I don't believe in God, so I'd say that laughter is one of the only true weapons for fighting against real darkness,… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time on social media and people ask me if the abuse I get is upsetting, but working… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
Comedy is a difficult thing for a critic, as, unlike all other art-forms, it has an inbuilt success-o-meter: laughter. Therefore, there's no… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
An academic is what I would have been if I hadn't been successful as a comedian. I've never had a proper job. — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
I was always very against the idea that for comedy to be 'important' it has to be dark. It's very much a… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
I don't think comedians are better travellers but they are communicators and storytellers. — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
When I first started, stand-up comedians writing novels was thought of as a great encroachment on the art form and people got… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
People think making jokes about something is just going to cause trouble. But actually, not making jokes about something is a type… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think comedians are more depressive than any other walk of life. I have had clinical depression, as it happens.… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
I remember watching an episode of 'Seinfeld' in which George can't understand why security guards can't sit down. He gets obsessed with… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
It was definitely a challenging upbringing. My parents were by no means perfect. — David Baddiel Copy Share
We're not designed to know hundreds of people - we're designed to know four people in our village. So the only way we can… — David Baddiel Copy Share
Now 'South Park' - they are interested in blasphemy. They're interested in creating offence for its own sake. — David Baddiel Copy Share
When I retweet a troll, I'm not thinking of the troll, I'm thinking of the audience: how can I make them laugh with me,… — David Baddiel Copy Share
For a long time, I used to think that I had a man's brain that I thought more like a man than a woman.… — David Baddiel Copy Share
All of my children's books are attempts to tap into what I believe to be children's, and to some extent human beings', fantasies. — David Baddiel Copy Share
I'm not saying Jews should only play Jews... I personally think actors should be allowed to act. — David Baddiel Copy Share
My theory as to why I first became a comedian is that my mother was always keenest on my younger brother, Dan. It doesn't… — David Baddiel Copy Share
Most people who know me well say I am almost autistically myself. I like to never change. — David Baddiel Copy Share
Unfortunately, we no longer live in a culture where what is spoken about and what truths are told and what lies are told are… — David Baddiel Copy Share
An academic is what I would have been if I hadn't been successful as a comedian. I've never had a proper job. — David Baddiel Copy Share
There are no gatekeepers in children's literature. There are children who like what you write because it's funny. — David Baddiel Copy Share
