'Taskmaster' taps into a universal humour of people making a fool of themselves. — Greg Davies Comedy Copy Share Image
I am not a father, and the only children that I get close to are my nieces. — Greg Davies Children Copy Share Image
The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more. — Greg Davies Comedian Copy Share Image
I had a great time as a teacher, but I was just treading water, as a lot of us do. — Greg Davies Great Copy Share Image
The state of the world petrifies me as much as it does everyone else at the moment. Anyone who comes to my… — Greg Davies Moment Copy Share Image
I got to the stage where I physically couldn't carry on unless I gave comedy a go: it was necessity. — Greg Davies Comedy Copy Share Image
The most expensive thing I've ever splashed out on is... a tailor-made suit. It cost £1,400, and it's the best money I… — Greg Davies Best Copy Share Image
I think the main thing I'd bring to Chewbacca is middle-aged spread. Chewbacca has looked after himself. — Greg Davies Bring Copy Share Image
I would say the more significant factor of my starting late is that I developed a sufficiently thick skin to be able… — Greg Davies Comedian Copy Share Image
I came into comedy to make people laugh. If the fact that I can't stop eating Hobnobs in any way helps, I'm… — Greg Davies Celebrate Copy Share Image
As a young ma,n I was an absolute idiot. I think my exes would say I was a likeable baby. I had… — Greg Davies Bedroom Copy Share Image
I've politely declined a few reality-type things but generally have been asked to do things that I'd enjoy. I'll be doing less… — Greg Davies Declined Copy Share Image
If you're doing a job, and you secretly want to do a different job, you start to blame the job. I was… — Greg Davies Blame Copy Share Image
It often occurs to me that this is a strange way to make a living. But it's wonderful, too. There are many… — Greg Davies Aging Copy Share Image
The truth is, I should have never done teaching. I did teaching because I didn't have the bottle to have a go… — Greg Davies Comedy Copy Share Image
One of my friend calls me 'lost to showbiz', but that's only because I don't go for a drink as often as… — Greg Davies Drink Copy Share Image
People often tell me that they have no idea how I can do standup. The idea of trying to make a large… — Greg Davies Comedy Copy Share Image
It's an irony that with the physical decline of age comes more mental wellbeing. It's life's cruel trick. You've settled down as… — Greg Davies Age Copy Share Image
I tend to develop my rambling anecdotes by actually getting up and performing them. That's the joy/horror of stand up - if… — Greg Davies Comedy Copy Share Image
I once bought some enormous fireworks that were literally the size of sticks of dynamite. We would go into the field behind… — Greg Davies Cows Copy Share Image
In standup, the feedback is instantaneous, and if it fails, you know you'll be off-stage and hiding in a short time. — Greg Davies Comedy Copy Share Image
As anyone who's done any acting will tell you, if you haven't got a malicious evil streak, it's such a joy to… — Greg Davies Acting Copy Share Image
In my 20s and early 30s, I was very much a man lost at sea, with very little direction in life, and… — Greg Davies Direction Copy Share Image
If you're funny and working in education, I think the perception is that you're either inspirational or awful. So which was I?… — Greg Davies Depends Copy Share Image
Comedy brings out this rage in people: they get furious when they don't like something. I have some lovely hardcore fans. — Greg Davies Anger Copy Share Image
I don't watch an awful lot of television. It's a very strange thing, and I don't know a lot of people who… — Greg Davies People Copy Share Image
Kids are great. They are endlessly fascinating and bizarre. But I also think that if I had left them on their own… — Greg Davies Children Copy Share Image
I wasn't a happy teacher, but I also wasn't an absolute psychopath like the teachers I portray on screen. — Greg Davies Absolute Copy Share Image
Don't say I was an inspirational teacher - my former pupils would laugh their heads off. I was grossly incompetent, but I… — Greg Davies Children Copy Share Image
I've never disguised the fact that I wasn't happy in teaching. But the reason was that I wanted to do comedy. I… — Greg Davies Comedy Copy Share Image
I frequently meet ex-pupils who seem to think I didn't totally ruin their educations, so that's something. — Greg Davies Education Copy Share Image
Anything my dad says about what I say about him, I can remind him of ten examples where he publicly humiliated me.… — Greg Davies Anything Copy Share Image
When I've mentioned my screen wife is Helen Baxendale, so many people have burst out laughing. My self-esteem has been crushed by… — Greg Davies Laughing Copy Share Image
It's a strange thing when someone passes away. It's always when you're not expecting it that you're affected by it. When we… — Greg Davies Always Copy Share Image
Carla Lane's 'Butterflies' seemed to be on in our house at all times when I was a kid, as did 'The Good… — Greg Davies Fawlty towers Copy Share Image
My dad always told me that, as far as he's concerned, I can do whatever I choose in life as long as… — Greg Davies Bad Copy Share Image
Me and my sister made up a game called 'Milky Cow'. We were on holiday in France when I was 12, and… — Greg Davies Cow Copy Share Image
'Man Down' is not a serious study of the human condition: it is a balls-out attempt at making people laugh. So nobody… — Greg Davies Always Copy Share Image
