Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support. — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
“Most people are widely read. I'm thinly read. I've read *** all, and I'm very proud of it.” — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
Drama is a complete meal, vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates. It's a slow burn thing. It's got an arc. Comedy is more like coke. — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
Comedy is like a very cokey, druggy sugar. You get hits of comedy, and it's very, "More, give me more of that… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
“It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized you could buy a packet of cereal with a free gift and… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
For me to put a look together, if it's going to be a boy look or a girl look or whatever, is… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
I just play to progressive audiences. You know, if they're watching Discovery Channel, History Channel, that kind of thing, "Monty Python" have… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
Well, comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support. — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
If you get too well-known in comedy, I do believe it blocks people from taking you in drama. — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
“But stinging nettles: They just love existing, don't they? They're bastards. Stinging nettles are the Nazis of the weed world.” — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
People still talk about a British sense of humour, or French slapstick or how the Germans have no sense of humour -… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
The bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of drama is to be truthful. You can be… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
When I first came out, I thought, I want to walk like a real woman, I don't want to do mincing steps. And there… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
“You know, I don't believe that religions are religions. No, I believe they are philosophies with some good ideas and some fuckin' weird ones.” — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
If you've never seen an elephant ski, then you've never been on acid. — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
I don't believe in God. I believe gods and devils are within us. It's our own battle. Our life's battle is to appeal to… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
“If you are an LGBT+ person and you come out, you have to go through your knight’s quest to create ground for yourself, to… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever. — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
This is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard flight...one, from...here to there. We'll be cruising at a height of ten feet, going up to twelve… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
You have the American dream! The dream is to be born in a gutter and grow up, and then get all the money in… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
Because we all know one of the main factors of war is the element of surprise. And what could be more surprising than the… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
We have two hundred languages in Europe. Two hundred languages! Count them! I know you won't! — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
