Being Quote by Katherine Ryan

It's interesting, in the U.K., I'm known for doing comedy things, which often doesn't translate to the U.S.

— Charlie Brooker

In the U.K. I'm probably better known as a comedy writer - or certainly that's my background is in writing comedy.

— Charlie Brooker

British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and different again…

— Jason Gann

Comedy has always been something I love, but for some reason - probably because of the British accent - I've always been pushed toward…

— Toks Olagundoye

Years ago, there was a variety theatre in every British town, and people paid to go down and see it. Comedy was the main…

— Norman Wisdom

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…

— John Oliver

I think comedy is a bit more international than people credit. I happily watch lots of American shows and American comedy films. If I…

— David Walliams

Ironically, there isn't much comedy film in Britain, which is quite surprising seeing that we're quite good at it.

— Alice Lowe

Edinburgh is the most pressurised environment to do comedy. You get an hour. There's no compere. You'd better be on the money straight away;…

— Dominic Holland

In Britain people might know me more for my comedy writing background, things like that.

— Charlie Brooker

Comedy is a very big part of the English culture, the sense of humor; it's a very dominant trait.

— Kate Bush

Britain's a funny place and there's a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to…

— Brendan Coyle