Dylan Moran Quotes

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• I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over, so I'll get…
• I would never really analyse what I do. I leave that to other people - I'm not a critic. I just want to get on…
• I quite fancy the 1940s. I like the trams and the trousers.
• Lots of comics try stuff out all year round, which is very sensible - I don't.
• You're not going to learn anything if you're not prepared to go flat, so I'm very happy to go flat.
• I'm organised in some ways, but not in others.
• I suppose the best comedy shows do have the rock n' roll feeling - if it's a great night, and the roof is raised yeah,…
• I write all the time, but you just want to be careful what you put out. That's all. You want to have the confidence that…
• I'm fascinated by how you'll change your position so many times over a lifetime, but really what you're doing is occupying a series of positions…
• I've always been a big consumer of American journalism over the years and had an interest in the history of it and of the press…
• What I prefer is an audience who listen. And are intelligent. Which I try and assume every audience is. And that if something goes wrong,…
• My drive to put myself on the line comes from boredom. From that feeling when you go to bed and think, 'What did I do…
• When I was a child, I wanted to watch things that made me laugh. It's attacking boredom, as simple as that. I was 19 when…
• Idioms are a big thing in Ireland. They want to fill the time, to show how good they are at talk - it's a talk-off
• I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely…
• I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.
• You can't please everyone, nor should you seek to, because then you won't please anyone, least of all yourself.
• The truth is that I'm constitutionally incapable of doing an ordinary job.
• I have a very low level of recognition, which is fine by me.
• I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s.

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