British Quote by Lee Mack Download Open image “In British sitcoms, you can get five minutes of nothing before the story starts.” — Lee Mack ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare British Five Minutes Nothing Story
Every comic is taught that you're supposed to have a great seven-minute set and then get a sitcom. And I don't want to get… — Ali Wong Copy Share Image
People have been trained to believe that comedy is the five- and 10-minute segments that you see on TV. But in 10 minutes, you… — John Pinette Copy Share Image
We used to get 27, 28 minutes to do a story in, and now they're lucky if they get 18 or 20 minutes. So… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
How long can you gloss everything over and give people the idea that life is a sitcom? — Patti D'Arbanville Copy Share Image
You open the show with a bang, then don't come back on for 45 minutes. — Robert Goulet Copy Share Image
When you're doing a television series, unless you really pay attention to your life, it doesn't leave very much time for anything else. — Mary Tyler Moore Copy Share Image
I don't think because a story has humor in it means it's brief. For some reason, people think anything that's 30 minutes is a… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
If I take five seconds to think about something on TV, that five seconds is an eternity. — Jay Williams Copy Share Image
That's what I love about sketch comedy: a sketch is five minutes, then it goes dark, and there's the potential for something else. — Jason Sudeikis Copy Share Image
A show could be 10 minutes, seven minutes, 94 minutes. We just need to tell the stories that need to be told. — Nancy Dubuc Copy Share Image
The ones [comedies] that I always liked, whether it's Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, or Fast Times of Ridgemont High, they were all about… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Sitcom is the best gig in show business because it's easy hours, nine to five. — Damon Wayans Copy Share Image
We're all basically decent human beings so if 3,000 people are laughing at a joke then it's worth telling. — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
I used to tell people I was a comic and they'd be fascinated. Now all you get is: 'Oh yeah, my cousin Steve's a… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
If I am old-fashioned, it's not a conscious decision. I just do material that I think is funny. — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
I have to say I like Edinburgh, but I'm not a big fan of the Festival - I like it but I'm not a… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
Genuinely my big thing and the reason I'm in 'The Miser' is because I always ask myself one simple question when I'm offered anything:… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
The best comedy you can ever have is when you're in the pub with your mates. You can never beat that. That's what I… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
In TV, you get driven to work in a luxury car, and find flowers in your dressing room. Then suddenly you're on tour, drying… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
If I was reading a book about a comedian, I wouldn't really care too much about their childhood. — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
I suppose if your parents die in their 50s and you are approaching 50, you see that you are definitely not in the first… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
From the age of 14, I remember thinking I wanted to be a comedian. But that was like saying I wanted to be an… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play.… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
I shot for French and British Vogue. The British Vogue one featured clothes by Chloe and was shot at Highgate and the John Soane… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more effective than… — Peter Hilton Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
I always wanted to make a 'James Bond' film, and they only seemed to hire British directors, and I'd made 'Swingers' - they were… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better. — Kevin Brownlow Copy Share Image
All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks! — Sade Adu Copy Share Image
British Forces should be in a position to give back in a ten fold measure any attack that the Germans may attempt. — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion. — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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