--- title: "1 Comic Doing Quotes By Alexei Sayle" description: "1 Comic Doing quotes by Alexei Sayle. Plus more from Alexei Sayle and more Comic Doing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/alexei-sayle-12598_comic_people-used-to-think-i-was-just-a-shouty_2611228.jpg" --- > [People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/people-used-to-think-i-was-just-a-shouty-comic-but-i-was-doing-stuff/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/alexei-sayle-12598_comic_people-used-to-think-i-was-just-a-shouty_2611228.jpg) ## More by Alexei Sayle > [I am quite girly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/i-am-quite-girly/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [Israel is the Jimmy Saville of nation states,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/israel-is-the-jimmy-saville-of-nation-states/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/the-optimum-frequency-with-which-comedians-should-do-a-series-is/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [It always seemed to be a constant that my parents were political.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/it-always-seemed-to-be-a-constant-that-my-parents-were-political/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [Recently, my personal advisors have been telling me to go to America. Actually, people have been walking up to me in the street and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/recently-my-personal-advisors-have-been-telling-me-to-go-to-america/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [I exist as an annexe of the BBC. I'm down the road a bit from the main building, in a little hut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/i-exist-as-an-annexe-of-the-bbc-i-m-down-the-road-a-bit-from-the-main/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [Now, as a comic, if you're vaguely amusing you can go straight into TV, then you play the O2 and then everyone's sick of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/now-as-a-comic-if-you-re-vaguely-amusing-you-can-go-straight-into-tv/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [I don't think people were that interested in what I was doing for the most of the 1990s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/i-don-t-think-people-were-that-interested-in-what-i-was-doing-for-the/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [I'm fascinated by comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/i-m-fascinated-by-comedy/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [A lot of those comics can't hold down relationships and they've got no other life apart from performing. They sleep in their Jags and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/a-lot-of-those-comics-can-t-hold-down-relationships-and-they-ve-got/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/as-a-comic-you-try-something-and-if-it-works-you-go-with-it-and-grind/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [Americans have different ways of saying things. They say 'elevator', we say 'lift'... they say 'President', we say 'stupid psychopathic git.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/americans-have-different-ways-of-saying-things-they-say-elevator-we/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [I would say I was still a Marxist - which is not to be confused with being a Communist. Despite its flaws, Marxism still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/i-would-say-i-was-still-a-marxist-which-is-not-to-be-confused-with/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [I feel really ambiguous about the psychology of people trying to do good in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/i-feel-really-ambiguous-about-the-psychology-of-people-trying-to-do/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) > [If I won the lottery I'd start a charity that helped little family hardware stores, cobblers and fruit shops open in city centres.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/if-i-won-the-lottery-i-d-start-a-charity-that-helped-little-family/) [Alexei Sayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexei-sayle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic-doing/alexei-sayle/#itemlist", "name": "1 Comic Doing Quotes By Alexei Sayle", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexei Sayle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexei-sayle/people-used-to-think-i-was-just-a-shouty-comic-but-i-was-doing-stuff/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/alexei-sayle-12598_comic_people-used-to-think-i-was-just-a-shouty_2611228.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/alexei-sayle-12598_comic_people-used-to-think-i-was-just-a-shouty_2611228.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/alexei-sayle-12598_comic_people-used-to-think-i-was-just-a-shouty_2611228.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre.” — Alexei Sayle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic-doing/alexei-sayle/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic-doing/alexei-sayle/", "name": "Comic Doing Quotes by Alexei Sayle", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic-doing/alexei-sayle/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/alexei-sayle-12598_comic_people-used-to-think-i-was-just-a-shouty_2611228.jpg" }, "description": "1 Comic Doing quotes by Alexei Sayle. 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