I've always wanted to make serious films. Comedy's important, it's very good to laugh. But when I look back at all my… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
Where I find it very difficult to get comedy from and where I naturally don't go is human suffering. — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
I keep doing stand-up because you just hope that you can get better and find the voice that you want. You have… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
To have a comedian stand up and use the shield of irony and the sword of truth, you're there to point out… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
Being able to deliver a great set up is just as important as being able to deliver a punchline. — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
Not the Nine O'Clock News' was the first comedy show I truly responded to when I was a teenager. I watched it… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
I used to be a very fit, athletic footballer. When I became a comedian, everything went to pot: long journeys; late-night food.… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
I've always felt, and I think I've been pigeonholed by the media, as being a very separate voice to the rest of… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do through comedy is to be a solution. I'm trying to do something because the world is so… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
It started when I did a 20-minute act in the comedy clubs and only had enough material for 17 minutes, so I… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
I don't understand why there is such a trend now for comedy to be cruel. Once you're cruel, you're not a comedian… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
There's so much terrible stuff in the clubs: you see audience's minds being polluted by awful language and base thoughts. But perhaps… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
I think for any comedian to come and get big laughs from a really tough, discerning, comedy-literate audience, it is the biggest… — Omid Djalili Copy Share Image
The plight of the Baha'i community in Iran has served as a backdrop to my life growing up in London, particularly since the Islamic… — Omid Djalili Copy Share
I understand the power of words and ideas as I get older and as I become more responsible as a stand-up. I think the… — Omid Djalili Copy Share
And certainly in British culture, as I'm sure it's the same with American culture, we warm to cultures where people can make fun of… — Omid Djalili Copy Share
I used to play Sunday football, but I have all but given up, because I'm too old and fat. After a 45-minute match I'd… — Omid Djalili Copy Share
I was six years old and in a show-and-tell session at school. The teacher had brought coconut shells, and said if you click them… — Omid Djalili Copy Share
I couldn't care less whether 'Sex and the City 2' was disappointing. I got to spend a week with the four girls and it… — Omid Djalili Copy Share
The first job I ever had was working for my dad, helping him out with some of his work as a translator - he… — Omid Djalili Copy Share
Muslims believe in Moses, Christ, Buddha, but they say Mohammed was the last, everyone in the world should become Muslims. The Baha'is believe their… — Omid Djalili Copy Share
My English side really loves the royal family, and my Iranian side hates me for this. — Omid Djalili Copy Share
Stand-up gets much harder as you become older You become more conscious of how great an art it is and more embarrassed about what… — Omid Djalili Copy Share
Breakfast is French toast. It's very similar to English toast. The only difference is, when I'm eating it, a Turkish friend comes round and… — Omid Djalili Copy Share
I'm a Baha'i. I'm not a Muslim. I'm Baha'i. And the Baha'i faith is such a sweet faith. — Omid Djalili Copy Share
But the Baha'is have never been helpless victims of their tormentors. Iran's government abuses them and countless others; the Baha'is respond with a peaceful… — Omid Djalili Copy Share
I've always felt, and I think I've been pigeonholed by the media, as being a very separate voice to the rest of comedy. — Omid Djalili Copy Share
My cut-off line is, you don't make fun of the prophet founders of a religion. That would just alienate people. But you can make… — Omid Djalili Copy Share
