Adrian Edmondson Quotes
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You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.
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The most fun I ever have is sitting in with Rick writing, and we laugh at our own jokes.
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I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard.
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It's definitely time to stop. We're getting too old. We both realised that the show wasn't as engaging as it used to be. We were starting to look a bit ridiculous.
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We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny.
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We only have one agenda, which is to make 'em laugh their pants off. Unless they are girls, of course, when it is to make them laugh their bras off so we can get a quick look.
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I don't claim that our TV comedies are highbrow in anyway, but I think there's a basis to them, and that's why they're more popular than other TV comedies. There's a basis of truth in them, a gut feeling.
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Even though we work in the same field, we have an intense private life away from our professional lives.
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Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.
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There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.
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From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour.
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We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people.
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Most modern comedy is crap.
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I've always had a kind of visual eye, and it was a pleasant exercise for that.
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On stage, we just want to generate hysteria. We don't care about looking cool or posing.
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Richie and Eddie couldn't exist without each other. They're two halves of the same person.
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It only works because we still amuse each other. After we have been working with other people, it is so refreshing to laugh unreservedly when we are back together again.
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A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image.
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I'm waiting for the time when I fail - because we all fail - and I'm ready, I'll take up carpentry.
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I've never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance.