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title: "1 New Comics Quotes By Frank Skinner"
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> [I quite like being a 'comedy elder statesman.' I am a big fan, I go to watch loads of new comics, and I like the fact that they don't go, 'Why are you here?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/i-quite-like-being-a-comedy-elder-statesman-i-am-a-big-fan-i-go-to/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/frank-skinner-4400_big_i-quite-like-being-a-comedy-elder-states_1770098.png)

## More by Frank Skinner

> [I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/i-like-to-turn-up-my-collar-when-i-m-leaving-the-theatre-and-feel/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [I think when anyone says you look like a famous person you fiercely deny it, and then go around hoping other people will say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/i-think-when-anyone-says-you-look-like-a-famous-person-you-fiercely/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [I stopped drinking on 24 September 1986.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/i-stopped-drinking-on-24-september-1986/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [“Anyway, my writer gang: they kind of did their comedy apprenticeship with me and, during that period, when they were young and impressionable, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/anyway-my-writer-gang-they-kind-of-did-their-comedy-apprenticeship/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [I suppose that every relationship I have been in has had a lot of arguments. I find it very hard to keep things at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/i-suppose-that-every-relationship-i-have-been-in-has-had-a-lot-of/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/sometimes-when-you-start-improvising-on-stage-which-i-do-a-fair-bit/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/after-i-became-a-professional-comedian-i-took-to-listening-to-cash-s/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [I would like to talk about poems like I talk about football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/i-would-like-to-talk-about-poems-like-i-talk-about-football/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [If you strip a lot of performers to the core, you find that urge to show off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/if-you-strip-a-lot-of-performers-to-the-core-you-find-that-urge-to/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [I did a few mainstream clubs in Birmingham when I started out. Racist comedy was absolutely the norm. Every act was doing it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/i-did-a-few-mainstream-clubs-in-birmingham-when-i-started-out-racist/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [You can spend your whole life trying to be popular, but at the end of the day, the size of the crowd at your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/you-can-spend-your-whole-life-trying-to-be-popular-but-at-the-end-of/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/when-i-started-earning-a-lot-of-me-didn-t-need-worrying-about-anymore/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [There is a period in your life when you need your parents and a period in your life where you only think you need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/there-is-a-period-in-your-life-when-you-need-your-parents-and-a/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [My dreams are things like: I'm in the supermarket, I queue, and then I leave the supermarket. It's basically my life but I happen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/my-dreams-are-things-like-i-m-in-the-supermarket-i-queue-and-then-i/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

> [I wish I had started to play the ukulele much earlier in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-skinner/i-wish-i-had-started-to-play-the-ukulele-much-earlier-in-life/)

[Frank Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-skinner/)

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