Jack Dee Quotes

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• The rain forest has Sting. Now Siberia has Jack Dee. Someone had to draw the short straw. In this case it was the rain forest.
• In my local newspaper, they had this advert: 'please look after your neighbours in the cold weather'. I live next door to this 84-year-old woman,…
• One of my friends went on a murder weekendnow he is doing life for it
• The film industry is like Anne Robinsonalways on the look-out for a new face
• Make lots of money. Enjoy the work. Operate within the law. Choose any two of three
• I hate people who think it's clever to take drugs... like custom officers.
• Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.
• People who are pro smacking children say, 'It's the only language they understand.' You could apply that to tourists.
• Depression is something that has always figured in my life but now I'm dealing with it. I wish I'd done this years ago because it's…
• I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a…
• Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
• I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.
• I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
• I spent the first 25 years of my life not knowing what I wanted to do.
• One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to realize…
• I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
• I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible…
• The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the…
• Mmmm... the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and you…
• I'm not really part of any group or clique or gang because that's always been my nature.

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