About Quote by Alex Brooker Download Open image “Being able to joke about my disability also gives me some control over it.” — Alex Brooker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare About Being Control Joke Over it
I started out not doing jokes about my disability. I just talked about my life. But I've found that if I don't broach the… — Josh Blue Copy Share Image
My disability makes me emotional, but it also makes me laugh; the two are not mutually exclusive and I'm comfortable doing both. Joking about… — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
The thing about my comedy is that I'm so comfortable with my disability that you don't have a right to be uncomfortable. — Josh Blue Copy Share Image
I don't like people doing jokes about disabled people for no good reason, but I can still understand why they do them. — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
It's okay for me to make jokes about disabled people and people with horrible diseases because they make me uncomfortable, and I don't want… — Tom Segura Copy Share Image
I have the common sense to know that my disability is what makes me stand out. But I don't want to be thought of… — Josh Blue Copy Share Image
I think my ability to joke and laugh about things is because I'm forced to. I've been through a lot of things in my… — Jonathan Van Ness Copy Share Image
I think disability is the last bastion of political correctness, and people need to see that disabled people are funny. You know, our lives… — Liz Carr Copy Share Image
People have preconceived ideas about disability. When people tell me that I can't do something, it just makes me go 'Oh, yeah? Watch this.'… — Josh Blue Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like I'm lucky that I can just laugh about it because I know a lot of disabled people who don't because… — Josh Blue Copy Share Image
If you keep harping on a disability, then you'll start believing there is one. So I don't. — Jim Abbott Copy Share Image
Self-deprecating humour is a common form of comedy and it helps get the audience on side because you're being vulnerable. — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
When we talk about diversity, sometimes I see things on Twitter about a panel on diversity or a think tank that's been created, and… — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
I don't want to be massively buff or anything, but I want to carry on looking after my body. — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
I think people forget that when they see you on television, it's not like the camera's gone on and I'm doing what I want. — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
When I was growing up I regularly visited a centre to get new prosthetic legs. If anything, I used to look forward to it,… — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
I just think there was a time when the good thing about being disabled was you got out of stuff. — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
Certainly at Arsenal they've got great facilities, changing facilities for adults who need those and sensory rooms. — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
The more disabled people there are on screen, the more likely that is to have a bigger impact in society. — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very… — Judith Durham Copy Share Image
