Having an audience in the studio makes you perform rather than just act. — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
Families At War' is a show we are very proud of. It was a great show. — Bob Mortimer Families Copy Share Image
Other people just look so comfortable with a book in their hands - I never feel like that. — Bob Mortimer Book Copy Share Image
When you've had a heart thing, a lot of the problems are psychological. — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
I look at stuff like the 'The Whole 19 Yards' and it reminds me of my childhood watching shows with Mike Reid… — Bob Mortimer Childhood Copy Share Image
We've ignored audiences all these years. We've just amused ourselves and hoped enough people would want to eavesdrop to make it all… — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
I was just a toddler when my dad died in a car crash. With my mum, Eunice, being a young widow with… — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
It can be very lonely knowing that you have things to say but you daren't say them. Knowing that you could contribute… — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
There are a lot of famous people who started out with us and became stars and I wouldn't swap my life with… — Bob Mortimer Astronomy Copy Share Image
After heart surgery you can go two ways, you can kind of get scared, shrink on to your sofa and keep yourself… — Bob Mortimer Danger Copy Share Image
I come from an era when if you are told that you need a triple heart bypass it sounds pretty terminal. But… — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
When we first did 'Big Night Out,' there was no chance of someone doing a little show in a pub then being… — Bob Mortimer Being Copy Share Image
I wouldn't wish it on people but there is a positive side to a near-death experience. People used to ask me do… — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
When they told me I had to have a heart operation, my main memory is standing in my kitchen and thinking what… — Bob Mortimer Doctor Copy Share Image
I sometimes wonder, with the Oxbridge comics, the broadcasters seem to say, at some point, now I trust you to do a… — Bob Mortimer Documentary Copy Share Image
I played for Middlesbrough's youth team. At the age of 16, I went into a shed at the training ground and was… — Bob Mortimer Age Copy Share Image
The more cynical commentators on our careers would say that the northern accent has been the basis of our success. There's a… — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
I can't remember ever cooking food to impress a woman. The idea's quite cheesy and sort of makes my skin crawl. But… — Bob Mortimer Cats Copy Share Image
I don't feel scared about death, I just feel so frustrated and sad to think I won't see how stories end. My… — Bob Mortimer Children Copy Share Image
Laughter is the only currency I've really ever known. Ever since I was a boy. — Bob Mortimer Comedy Copy Share Image
House of Fools,' that was the first thing I was sad that we couldn't do any more. — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
I had three bypasses in one go, using arteries harvested from my leg and the right side of my chest. — Bob Mortimer Doctor Copy Share Image
I love 'Big Brother.' I adore it. What can I say. It just suits me fine. — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of stand-up comedy, personally. But some of them are incredibly skilled. — Bob Mortimer Comedy Copy Share Image
I have always been a bit of a recluse, but I really was after the heart thing. And everyone knew. — Bob Mortimer Copy Share Image
If you want the best audience, make your way up North to be honest. — Bob Mortimer Audience Copy Share Image
We miss 'House of Fools' a lot. It felt a bit like a different and fresh show for British TV. — Bob Mortimer British Copy Share Image
I've started to get iritis, which affects the eyes. But I'm not going to give in. — Bob Mortimer Eyes Copy Share Image
It's like cooks don't watch cooking programmes - I suppose maybe comedians don't watch comedy shows. — Bob Mortimer Comedians Copy Share Image
That's the thing, you see, we were never good enough to write proper punchlines. — Bob Mortimer Comedy Copy Share Image
Comedy, if it didn't save my life, certainly gave me a very different life. — Bob Mortimer Comedy Copy Share Image
In broadcasting, there's a lot of longevity offered to people like Griff Rhys Jones and Stephen Fry, who are polymaths more than… — Bob Mortimer Comic Copy Share Image
