David Baddiel

An academic is what I would have been if I hadn't been successful as a comedian. I've never had a proper job.

— David Baddiel

I don't think comedians are better travellers but they are communicators and storytellers.

— David Baddiel

I'm not saying Jews should only play Jews... I personally think actors should be allowed to act.

— David Baddiel

Fame doesn't allow for complexity, especially complexity of character.

— David Baddiel

Most people who know me well say I am almost autistically myself. I like to never change.

— David Baddiel

The majority of Jews are secular... the Nazis never checked if anyone was going to the synagogue or eating kosher.

— David Baddiel

I had a 'the Cure' hairstyle, bigger even than Robert Smith's for many years. I used to do jokes about it which…

— David Baddiel

All of my children's books are attempts to tap into what I believe to be children's, and to some extent human beings',…

— David Baddiel

My parents are very unusual characters, both of them - they're both only children, and they're great, but neither of them are…

— David Baddiel

With the Kick It Out campaign, I was interested in asking: 'Why is antisemitism a lesser racism than other racisms?' I genuinely…

— David Baddiel

Mum died on a Saturday - apparently that's quite common. Dad already had dementia, and my brother and I had to let…

— David Baddiel

We're not designed to know hundreds of people - we're designed to know four people in our village. So the only way…

— David Baddiel

Comedy is a difficult thing for a critic, as, unlike all other art-forms, it has an inbuilt success-o-meter: laughter. Therefore, there's no…

— David Baddiel

It gives me cancer to have an idea but not do it. Whether I get into trouble for it is not as…

— David Baddiel

I was always very against the idea that for comedy to be 'important' it has to be dark. It's very much a…

— David Baddiel

I think 'Friends' is brilliant and it was massively underrated in this country for a very British reason, which is the assumption…

— David Baddiel

I spend a lot of time on social media and people ask me if the abuse I get is upsetting, but working…

— David Baddiel

We are all frightened now. No one says anything public without looking over their shoulder and wondering, Have I said something wrong?…

— David Baddiel

Basically, out of the sphere of what I do - being a comedian/writer, and out of the sphere of football, I am…

— David Baddiel

Clever, witty and absorbing, Amortality is a much-needed anatomy of our profound malaise about ageing. Its charms will never fade.

— David Baddiel

I've adapted my own work a couple of times, and I've also given my novels to other people to adapt, and I…

— David Baddiel

I hate predicting football scores that mean a lot to me, because even though I'm an absolute materialist and don't believe in…

— David Baddiel

Furious protesters don't come after you for jokes at the expense of people; they come after you for jokes at the expense…

— David Baddiel

I think it is quite hard to be as angry and abusive face to face as it is online. But my fear…

— David Baddiel

My dad has dementia, so I monitor my own memory in a way that other people may not. As an atheist, I…

— David Baddiel