If you are a stand-up you can hone your material over successive performances, based on the audience response. Changing a single word or altering the pace or emphasis can make a previously failed witticism work. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Most jokes are based on surprise. They take advantage of a confusion of language, or a twist in logic, or a contradiction of some perceived truth, or sometimes just saying something so shocking and offensive that the audience will gasp… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Nobody at school would have expected me to be involved in anything that might have been perceived as cool. I was trying to make… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I have a lack of practical skills. I can't mend anything or do anything manly; I don't understand how anything works. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
It's easy to pass judgement on someone else's racism, but what about your own? — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I had a very happy upbringing; I love funny people and love to make them laugh. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I've always liked science fiction as a way of commenting on ourselves and it's wrong that it is seen as less valid than other… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Sometimes with relationships where you work in the same job, it becomes all about the job. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
On one podcast, I attempt to antagonise and lose listeners by commentating on myself playing snooker against myself in my basement. Most people are… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I can't be the only one who watches 'Footloose' and hopes that John Lithgow will stop Kevin Bacon ever dancing again. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
I've run a marathon - I think that's the most surprising thing about me. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
