Ben Miller Quotes
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Those who have never worked nude outdoors just can't imagine how much better a breeze feels on their skin than an item of sweaty clothing.
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I think poshness is very funny! But I think it's also delightful. There's something wonderful and very innocent about it, particularly with the Edwardians.
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Science is a hobby, and I'm really into it, but it's not my job. My job is to learn about comedy and to make people laugh. Science, for me, is probably a bit like Danny Baker's love of football or Rod Stewart's obsession with train sets.
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For me, one of the things art has to examine is how to live your life, and unless it's doing that, it doesn't work for me.
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Every meal is so important and colours the rest of your day - my whole day can go into a spin if I make the wrong choice at lunchtime!
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I love the basic comedy of growing a moustache.
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I'm always a bit wary when people say in interviews, 'I'm at the happiest place of my life that I've ever been.' I think, 'Really? Are you?' Life is a mix, isn't it?
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It is hard to keep a straight face during comedy scenes. It's considered really bad form to laugh at someone else because you can ruin their best take. But sometimes it's very hard not to.
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I got my first Mac in 1984. I've got an Airbook, iPad, iPhone, the lot. I love that blend of technology, creativity, and design.
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I used to fantasise about being able to stay up all night; now I fantasise about how early I can go to bed. Tragic isn't it?
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It's the classic thing - children's TV gets watched by everybody, not just children. 'Horrible Histories' is the sort of thing everyone watches.
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Our annual school physics trip was always to Blackpool Pleasure Beach, as it's such a good example of Newtonian physics. You can learn about centrifugal force and Newton's first law from the roller coasters, and the Viking long boat is a giant pendulum. It's good for children to understand that science underpins all these brilliant things.
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I did play a romantic part once - Orsino in 'Twelfth Night.'
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Actually I don't mind the gym when I get there, but I hate the psychological battle I have to go through to get there.
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The first-ever job I had was in a play, 'Trench Kiss,' with Caroline Quentin and Arthur Smith.
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That was one of the amazing things about Doctor Who. Considering it is such an enormous charabanc, a centerpiece of international TV, it feels incredibly small when you are actually involved in it. It is very intimate, very small; it feels like a few people messing about with a camera.
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My success at living a moral life is pretty terrible, but I still aspire to do it! I identify with the Johnny Cash thing that trying to live a good life and be a good person are not necessarily the same thing!
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This is a shameful thing to say, but I've never really got that 'grown-up' mind-set. I have to buy forks? Why?
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I was an early adopter of everything from Myspace to Twitter, and I think they're just fads, like CB radio.
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I very much wanted the perfect nuclear family, and I came from the perfect nuclear family, but like so many people, that isn't the way things have worked out.
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Personally, I think people need to get over this 'being offended' thing. Being offended does not give you the right to silence people. I get offended by things all the time - it's just part of life. The right not to be offended is not a human right, especially in a democracy.
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I'm very lucky, I had a very amicable separation and very amicable divorce, but it was still horrendous.
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Prostate cancer has taken a lot from me. First it took my grandfather and then my dad.
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Galactic plankton is undoubtedly out there, but it's statistically highly likely there's also another intelligent civilisation out there somewhere. Unfortunately, the distances and time differences are so great, communication might remain impossible.