I've always liked to think I could do anything I wished as well as - if not better than - a man.… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I never think, 'Where am I going to be in a year's time?' That seems to be a sure way of missing… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
Everyone in comedy thinks if you go to the U.S. you become a global star but, unfortunately, I've always been a bit… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I was always being called upon to be an honorary boy alongside my brothers. I don't think I'd be a comic now… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others. — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes. — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
The funny thing is, I don't actually think of myself as fat at all. I don't think I am. Not really. — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I think a lot of women are incredibly tough and they're just really admirable. Especially the way that, given what they've got,… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I think it's really important to be kind, especially to people whose lives are grim - I try hard to cheer people… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I love everything about books. I love the content, the way they look and even the lovely way they smell. I think… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
There have been some very extreme hecklers in audiences whose bile was so hateful and so meant that it would be a… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
There's a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used to be. I think it's… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I like reading, I like boring things, and yet I think people for ages had this image of me that I was… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
You don't really see ugly people that are old, or a bit grotty and smelly, in the media. If a Martian came… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I think people tend to believe that women who are successful are probably neglecting their children, possibly a bit hard-nosed and that… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I think it's so easy when you have children just to turn your focus inward on your family and because, when they're… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
For a long time, people assumed I was gay, so when I got married the press were all a bit shocked and… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
There are lots of people who believe that caricature of me the tabloids created, so they think they don't like me. — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately. — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I think I'd concentrate on young women - particularly girls at school - and I would try and build into school curriculums… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that it's perfectly… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
Regular panelists on shows can be terrifying. They own that space, and many guest comics suspect they are favoured in the edit, while their… — Jo Brand Copy Share
I suspect most politicians feel overwhelmed because people's lives are a real struggle, full of unhappiness, and you would probably feel powerless to do… — Jo Brand Copy Share
When I was at school you got an overall general education on many things, even just basic facts. — Jo Brand Copy Share
The funny thing is, I don't actually think of myself as fat at all. I don't think I am. Not really. — Jo Brand Copy Share
I like men. They are hugely entertaining, but they have a lot of shortcomings and you just have to bear those in mind. — Jo Brand Copy Share
Does anyone really go into nursing intending to be apathetic, cold and removed from suffering? I find that very difficult to believe. — Jo Brand Copy Share
I have such admiration for single mothers. I simply don't comprehend how you'd cope with that intensity, the lack of breaks, ever, on your… — Jo Brand Copy Share
The reason I used a name was because I was a nurse at the time, and I didn't want my name in Timeout and… — Jo Brand Copy Share
You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men. — Jo Brand Copy Share
My mum is bright, ambitious, well read, political and very bolshie: when my dad was conscripted into the Army and posted to Libya, she… — Jo Brand Copy Share
I know there are certain men that hate women or don't like women, and in order to make women feel small, they tend to… — Jo Brand Copy Share
Not many women will go out on a limb to make themselves really unattractive and unfeminine so you can get the laughs, but it's… — Jo Brand Copy Share
When I was a nurse my favourite assignment was the anorexic ward. I sometimes ate as many as seventeen dinners — Jo Brand Copy Share
There are lots of people who believe that caricature of me the tabloids created, so they think they don't like me. — Jo Brand Copy Share
