Comedy is a downward slicing sword sometimes, looking down and laughing at people. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I had a very happy upbringing; I love funny people and love to make them laugh. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
By the time I got to uni sketch comedy was much more fashionable than stand-up. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
It's rare that you discover something by accident that resonates with your sense of humour. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
As a comedian you have to remind yourself that it happens; every now and again you can just have a bad gig… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I am reasonably nice-looking and have quite an expressive face, which is good for comedy. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I don't like people doing jokes about disabled people for no good reason, but I can still understand why they do them. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Comedy thrives on immediacy and I got fed up waiting months to find out if a radio sketch show was being commissioned. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Watching Billy Connolly at the Hammersmith Apollo in the late 90s was a masterclass of long-form comedy. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
You have to be quite aware that if you are really looking for something funny it is probably not going to happen. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Tim Minchin and Daniel Kitson are the two people that when I see them, I think I could never be that funny… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
There are comedic rules and formulae and, while these tenets should be respected, especially by a newcomer, perversely you can still succeed… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Most jokes are based on surprise. They take advantage of a confusion of language, or a twist in logic, or a contradiction… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
If you are a stand-up you can hone your material over successive performances, based on the audience response. Changing a single word… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Whoever said having children makes a comedian safer and less dark is an idiot. Having a baby has filled my whole life… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
It is rare for a joke to emerge fully formed and it is worth grafting away until it is absolutely right. Though… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Some comedians make a marvellous living doing material that is completely predictable, that reminds people of things that they already know or… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Comedians have this happy, charmed life, where they're the centre of their own universe and can do what they want, but when… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
There aren't many opportunities to be a comedian on TV anymore, it's a lot of panel shows. You don't get much stand-up. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
If something's true you should be able discuss it or ask whether it's true. It helps me as a comedian. But it… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I love pulling faces at little kids on the London tube to see if I can make them laugh, and I usually… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
You can joke about anything. It just depends on your angle and the way you go about it. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Nobody at school would have expected me to be involved in anything that might have been perceived as cool. I was trying to make… — Richard Herring Copy Share
I have a lack of practical skills. I can't mend anything or do anything manly; I don't understand how anything works. — Richard Herring Copy Share
It's easy to pass judgement on someone else's racism, but what about your own? — Richard Herring Copy Share
I had a very happy upbringing; I love funny people and love to make them laugh. — Richard Herring Copy Share
I've always liked science fiction as a way of commenting on ourselves and it's wrong that it is seen as less valid than other… — Richard Herring Copy Share
Sometimes with relationships where you work in the same job, it becomes all about the job. — Richard Herring Copy Share
On one podcast, I attempt to antagonise and lose listeners by commentating on myself playing snooker against myself in my basement. Most people are… — Richard Herring Copy Share
I can't be the only one who watches 'Footloose' and hopes that John Lithgow will stop Kevin Bacon ever dancing again. — Richard Herring Copy Share
I've run a marathon - I think that's the most surprising thing about me. — Richard Herring Copy Share
You can joke about anything. It just depends on your angle and the way you go about it. — Richard Herring Copy Share
I was into Simon & Garfunkel before my friends got into punk and laughed at me for liking Paul Simon. — Richard Herring Copy Share
