Comedy Quotes by Ardal O'Hanlon

11 Comedy quotes by Ardal O'Hanlon

Ardal O'Hanlon brings a distinctly Irish flavor to his jokes, mixing dry sarcasm with warm storytelling. These eleven short quotes give a quick taste of his clever, regional humor.

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Where I come from people are very deadpan with a dry humour that I suppose rubbed off on me.

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People love authenticity in comedy and, coming from a region, you get a very strong sense of place. They can place you…

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As a comic, you are trying to please people in some way - to make them laugh.

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If I was a very stable person, I would not have to do comedy. Nobody would have to listen to me.

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As a comedian, you can't tell people that they're wrong or that they're stupid.

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The beauty of stand-up is that it's very flexible, it's very malleable and immediate. Whatever is in your head that day you…

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When we left university, in the late '80s, one of the guys had been to the Comedy Store in London, came back…

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I couldn't make a living as a comic in Ireland and I was watching my friends from college getting good jobs, buying…

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Getting up in front of the toughest crowds, you know, playing pubs in South Armagh - where people didn't necessarily even know…

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It's quite telling that the really big comedians - like John Bishop from Liverpool, Kevin Bridges from Glasgow, Peter Kay from Bolton…

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I was a terribly quiet, shy child. The comedy thing came when I was at university and I started doing stand-up, which…

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My mother tells me I regaled people with stories but I don't remember that. And she disputes the idea that I might be chronically…

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