Rhod Gilbert

All the success has come as a huge shock, because most famous people you see just seem born into that world.

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As funny as watching a man in a wig trying to hold down a job on a helipad

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I suffered from social anxiety as a kid - the dread of homework and being back at school was awful.

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A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble.

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And I loved teaching to the point where I may well retrain.

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I've made a conscious decision and one that took some time not to do arenas.

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I certainly think that live comedy on radio is my favourite thing.

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I go to my fair share of festivals and gigs and I know that there are great musical talents out there.

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And now, if I catch anyone staring at me, I figure they either recognise me or are trying to work out if…

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I've got a routine: eat, shower, soundcheck, iron shirt. Then there's a two-hour rollercoaster onstage, followed by a crash when I collapse…

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I'd even refuse to go to school when I was at primary age, and if you look at any class photo with…

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I'm not one of those people that subscribes to that thing that you need any life experience to be funny or to…

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The worst thing you can do is compare arenas and compare rooms. Every room is different, in its size, its shape, the…

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But I don't think I'll ever completely shake the low self-esteem that robs me of the ability to go up to someone…

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I never had any massive burning ambition to be on the box in everyone's front rooms at peak time on Saturday night…

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In the old days, there were things like 'Call My Bluff', they were sort of gameshows, panel shows. When they're right, they're…

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I can see the appeal of panel shows to commissioners. It's fairly cheap to make and it's fairly reliably watched in fairly…

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When you are use to having complete control it is really hard to give up control of things to other people so…

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But my dad was a jazz pianist and plays by ear, and all my family are musical. And that bizarrely, is quite…

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When I started, I used to be like a tiger. My comedy developed in the comedy clubs in London and up and…

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Broadly, I start it off as a two-and-a-half-hour show, and I try to get it down to an hour 45. I will…

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What I found was, the higher profile you get, the more people are just coming to see you. On the last tour,…

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I did one gig in a French youth club. I was in front of the mic - it was quite weird. There…

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I think stand-up now will burn out. I think probably sketch or something will come back into fashion. I think other forms…

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My last job was in qualitative research, and I loved it.

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I am a bit of a control freak I think but I do enjoy as editing is really fun. It is where…

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I want to stick two fingers up to shyness, make people aware that it's a widespread problem and not just something they…

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It's what I've always done since day one though, immediately turn down new offers of work by being dramatic and protesting that…

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I'd love to spend the day drinking a real ale in front of a fire at a lovely pub, doing the crossword…

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My wife and I sometimes get nostalgic, both yearning for a time when Friday nights were exciting and Sundays were lazy; I…

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So it's fun to build this jigsaw in the edit by moving scenes around, you can do anything that you want and…

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I swear, even if I'd had to drive all the way to Leeds after a full day's work to do a show,…

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I truly believe we don't appreciate the value teachers have in our society, instead they're put-upon, down-trodden and hammered from every angle.

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If you look at the sales for anyone's DVDs - comedy certainly - they will be massive at Christmas and pretty much…

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I can kind of play the piano and I've got a drum kit which I've been meaning to learn. And I am…

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Walking out in front of 5,000 people is a big old thing. I have to be ready, and I have to give…

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I never know what I'm going to say when I first walk out. It might be 'hello' or 'how are we?' or…

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The only thing that stops me doing the teaching is that there's so much stress involved. And there shouldn't be. It's the…

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