I was a very happy but quite solitary kid. I spent hours playing on my own, mainly with toy soldiers, and played entire World Cup football tournaments in the garden with commentary in my head. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
Scarily, I was only about 11 or 12 when my mum pointed out my resemblance to Stan Laurel. I know he's the ultimate loser, but I was happy to hear it. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
I think when anyone says you look like a famous person you fiercely deny it, and then go around hoping other people will say… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
“Anyway, my writer gang: they kind of did their comedy apprenticeship with me and, during that period, when they were young and impressionable, I… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
I suppose that every relationship I have been in has had a lot of arguments. I find it very hard to keep things at… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you start improvising on stage, which I do a fair bit of, obviously you haven't planned it. But to be honest, it's… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
After I became a professional comedian, I took to listening to Cash's classic hit 'Ring of Fire' before I went on stage. I always… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
If you strip a lot of performers to the core, you find that urge to show off. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
I did a few mainstream clubs in Birmingham when I started out. Racist comedy was absolutely the norm. Every act was doing it and… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
You can spend your whole life trying to be popular, but at the end of the day, the size of the crowd at your… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
When I started earning, a lot of me didn't need worrying about anymore, so I had scope to worry about someone else. Money, I… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
