All John Oliver Quotes
- I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior. Behavior
- I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen. Happen
- I watch one news channel until my soul can't take it anymore. It's the background of my life. Anymore
- I would much rather America was a more stable, wonderful place. You know, I love it. America
- I'm always interested in audience interaction. Not so much aggressive audience interaction - I'm genuinely interested in how people see things. Aggressive
- I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of… Actor
- I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy. Been
- It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge. Edge
- It's exciting to have a role in anything that's Claymation, just because you're always intrigued by what a clay wizard version of yourself would be. Always Intrigued
- People in Britain see Richard Quest as a kind of an offensive cartoon character. Britain
- There are some people who watch NASCAR for the highly skilled driving - but most people watch it for the crashes. Crash
- There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. Drive
- Veterans' issues are quite close to my heart. I find it quite hard to talk about, actually. Close
- I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I thought… Accent
- I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is… Britain
- In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup, you don't really… Face
- My family are from Liverpool, so I have some twang there - I have a Midlands accent, and I was raised about an hour north… Accent
- My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of someone from Birmingham, and then I… Accent
- We in Britain stopped evolving gastronomically with the advent of the pie. Everything beyond that seemed like a brave, frightening new world. We knew the… Across
- It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about,… Able
- You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well. Learn
- There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups make… American
- You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well. It was probably years before I was confident… Able