Jo Brand Quotes
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There's a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used to be. I think it's easier than it was but underlying it all there is still a pretty sexist view of women on stage, which to me hasn't changed that much.
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When I was a nurse I never had much money, and I was still happy then.
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I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes.
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Having children is fab. They keep me young and make me get up in the morning.
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People are so different in reality from the picture created of them on TV. So it's all a creation; everything is made up.
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Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect.
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No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they think it.
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Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief.
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It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.
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I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people.
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I have two brothers and we basically spent our lives playing in the woods, falling in ponds, getting chased by wasps and riding donkeys that we shouldn't have been riding.
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One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. This winds lots of people up, particularly because famous Christians pronounce on the life of the poor from their very lovely affluent homes filled with their very lovely families and attractive pets.
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I thought I was funny as a kid.
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People can forgive each other.
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What could be funnier than a fat person trying to run a marathon?
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I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.
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By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly honest with you. I know it's a bit of a copout.
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I'm just trying to spread the word and upturn the myth that actually you should be resting after cancer treatment. You shouldn't; you should be getting out and doing any kind of exercise you can. You don't have to run a marathon, but you just have to up your activity levels.
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I used to get a lot of people saying 'Oh, you are such a lucky granny.' But the fact of the matter is you can be a grandma at 35 these days.
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I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight.
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I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do.
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I must be an anorexic because an anorexic looks in the mirror and sees a fat person.
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Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.
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I wasn't one of those hideous children who make their parents sit through hour-long performances when you're seven. I didn't do anything like that thankfully.