Comedians are great at laughing at themselves, we really are. We mock everyone else and we can take it as well. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
I work with quite a lot of black comedians and I don't think they think doing accents is racist at all. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Only Fools' wasn't just a comedy show, it became part of people's lives. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
I look at some 'Fast Shows' now and I just think, 'Where are the jokes?' — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
If a woman's fertility was in question, we wouldn't laugh, but if it is male, we have a right old laugh about… — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
When we started out, there weren't that many women in team sketch shows. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Compared with what's happening in, say, Darfur or South Ossetia, finding an audience for your comedy show is not that significant. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Bob and I got into comedy in a similar way. On the coat-tails of our mates. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
We get people saying, 'Thanks for the laughs,' but it's very different when you get people coming up and saying, 'Thanks, my… — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
In comedy, if you're going to commission something commission two series, don't commission one because so many comedies are finding their feet… — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Making it big in pop would have suited me fine, although comedy is a far better world for an older person. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
In comedy, if you're going to commission something commission two series, don't commission one because so many comedies are finding their feet and you… — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share
If you look back at 'The Fast Show,' we always shot it nicely and tried to make it look good as well as funny. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share
Bob and I got into comedy in a similar way. On the coat-tails of our mates. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share
Making it big in pop would have suited me fine, although comedy is a far better world for an older person. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share
There's nothing better than going down the lawn to the river for a few hours in the evening and catching your own supper. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share
My dad was a very calm figure in my life and I have only good memories of him. We had a very simple relationship… — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share
Women would never be abusive about physical appearance. It's a no-go area, but it's an icebreaker for men. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share
There's more to fishing than catching fish. It's being lost in a timeless world, away from all the chaos outside, doing something that's elemental. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share
As more and more new houses get built, they just suck the water out of rivers. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share
If you did something in 'The Fast Show' that didn't work, you could always deliberately undermine it, or chop it into three and run… — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share
When we started out, there weren't that many women in team sketch shows. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share
In many ways I was lucky: my dad had a quadruple bypass in his fifties. When I had the heart stents, the guy who… — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share
