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You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well.
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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 a newsperson.
John Oliver
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Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.
John Oliver -
I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!
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I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician.
John Oliver -
As any Brit will understand, things get a little easier when you don't have to be number one any more. Really, the fall of an empire is not as bad as everyone thinks. It's like retirement. People fear retirement, but it can turn out be rather pleasant.
John Oliver -
The only thing I'm nervous about is talking to guests like human beings, because all of my interviews so far have been attacking people. I have a genuine concern about sitting across from an actor whose movies I obviously haven't seen.
John Oliver -
I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go.
John Oliver
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People really have come for a dialogue when they go to a stand-up show in the U.K. They say, 'I understand that you have now finished your little comedy monologue; now I have something to say regarding what I've just heard.
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I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.
John Oliver -
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.
John Oliver -
I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.
John Oliver -
I realize how desperate it sounds for me, as a comedian, to ask you to laugh at my jokes.
John Oliver -
People are friendlier in New York than London.
John Oliver
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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 enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them.
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Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury.
John Oliver -
The disconnect between America and its military is shocking.
John Oliver -
Lest we forget, when Europe goes far right, they go far right through Belgium.
John Oliver -
Veterans' issues are quite close to my heart. I find it quite hard to talk about, actually.
John Oliver -
Sometimes it's good to remember how bad food can be, so you can enjoy the concept of flavour to the fullest.
John Oliver
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Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.
John Oliver -
I'm always interested in audience interaction. Not so much aggressive audience interaction - I'm genuinely interested in how people see things.
John Oliver -
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, the way I wanted to talk about them.
John Oliver -
I find it hard in my general life to think further than the week ahead.
John Oliver