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> [Nurse' couldn't be construed as laughing at the characters. You can't do something about mental illness without being genuine about the characters. Given the nature of the material, you can't fake it. That would be trite and wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/nurse-couldn-t-be-construed-as-laughing-at-the-characters-you-can-t/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

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## More by Paul Whitehouse

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/in-comedy-if-you-re-going-to-commission-something-commission-two/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [I am not a heavy drinker, but I like a drop of white burgundy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/i-am-not-a-heavy-drinker-but-i-like-a-drop-of-white-burgundy/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [If you look back at 'The Fast Show,' we always shot it nicely and tried to make it look good as well as funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/if-you-look-back-at-the-fast-show-we-always-shot-it-nicely-and-tried/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [Bob and I got into comedy in a similar way. On the coat-tails of our mates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/bob-and-i-got-into-comedy-in-a-similar-way-on-the-coat-tails-of-our/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [Making it big in pop would have suited me fine, although comedy is a far better world for an older person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/making-it-big-in-pop-would-have-suited-me-fine-although-comedy-is-a/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [There's nothing better than going down the lawn to the river for a few hours in the evening and catching your own supper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/there-s-nothing-better-than-going-down-the-lawn-to-the-river-for-a/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [My dad was a very calm figure in my life and I have only good memories of him. We had a very simple relationship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/my-dad-was-a-very-calm-figure-in-my-life-and-i-have-only-good/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [Women would never be abusive about physical appearance. It's a no-go area, but it's an icebreaker for men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/women-would-never-be-abusive-about-physical-appearance-it-s-a-no-go/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/there-s-more-to-fishing-than-catching-fish-it-s-being-lost-in-a/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [Stealth is important when you're fishing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/stealth-is-important-when-you-re-fishing/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [As more and more new houses get built, they just suck the water out of rivers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/as-more-and-more-new-houses-get-built-they-just-suck-the-water-out-of/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [I never write alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/i-never-write-alone/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/if-you-did-something-in-the-fast-show-that-didn-t-work-you-could/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [When we started out, there weren't that many women in team sketch shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/when-we-started-out-there-weren-t-that-many-women-in-team-sketch-shows/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

> [In many ways I was lucky: my dad had a quadruple bypass in his fifties. When I had the heart stents, the guy who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-whitehouse/in-many-ways-i-was-lucky-my-dad-had-a-quadruple-bypass-in-his-fifties/)

[Paul Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-whitehouse/)

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