I wanted to do comedy, but I didn't grow up wanting to be a standup. — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
Comedy is changing. The appetite for more diverse stories is getting bigger. — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
Comedy is a cool thing, because, at least in my experience, if you're good at it and people know, they'll find out… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
If you're just making people laugh, that can be one-dimensional. You have to bring something artistic into it, so it's working on… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
It's freeing to be that person who people turn around to look at, wondering who could have a laugh that loud. — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
Making comedy is a privilege, so you should be doing something no one else can do. That's when it feels like art;… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
I had always wanted to do comedy, but didn't know where to start - all I knew was that Edinburgh was where… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
I was desperate for comedy to seep into me somehow, convinced that being surrounded by it would give me the confidence to… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
A sad truth I've learned is that I watch a lot less live comedy than I did before it became my job. — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
I don't think that not seeing black women in comedy held me back, but I think subconsciously I never really thought that… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
I'm starting to play lots more naturalistic, realistic people than when I first started. Maybe because I was doing character comedy shows,… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
Performing a play or a musical or something is obviously an incredible rush, but I don't think you get that immediate response… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
Whereas acting, you have to wait for someone else to give you the opportunity to do it, in comedy, you can just… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
Boys can essentially wee anywhere, and my very scientific theory is that this privilege leads to some of the mind-blowing confidence they… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
If I was doing standup I would worry that someone would think I was being preachy, whereas, with a character, it always… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
The thing that attracted me the most was comedy acting and people like Catherine Tate and Olivia Colman; people doing funny voices… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
It wasn't until a few years ago, when I was going through old Facebook pictures with a friend, and happened upon a photo of… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share
Comedy is changing. The appetite for more diverse stories is getting bigger. — Lolly Adefope Copy Share
It is fun to play someone who likes everyone and is liked by most people, or is at least tolerated. — Lolly Adefope Copy Share
I love Nooworks, Mara Hoffman, and Monki, and ASOS just for the joy of ordering a pair of shoes in bed at 11 P.… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share
Whereas acting, you have to wait for someone else to give you the opportunity to do it, in comedy, you can just pick out… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share
I had always wanted to do comedy, but didn't know where to start - all I knew was that Edinburgh was where it happened. — Lolly Adefope Copy Share
Much has been written on the subject of self-care, and what truly counts as such; one woman's double gin and tonic is another woman's… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share
I didn't get into drama school after university. Looking back, I think I was really bad. — Lolly Adefope Copy Share
I've been quite lucky, I've done very cool projects, but knowing there are others who are put off because they don't see people who… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share
A lot of people just kind of act as if it's their God-given right to be overpaid and on TV, but it just feels… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share
