Jack Dee Quotes

I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.

One of my friends went on a murder weekend, now he is doing life for it.

The rain forest has Sting. Now Siberia has Jack Dee. Someone had to draw the short straw. In this case it was the rain forest.

People who are pro smacking children say, 'It's the only language they understand.' You could apply that to tourists.

I hate people who think it's clever to take drugs... like custom officers.

I really hated fighting people and hurting them, but felt unable to stop.

They call it 'surfing' the net. It's not surfing. It's typing in your bedroom

Whenever you're in any acting role you are mortgaging your own character.

Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.

The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes.

In many ways, not fitting in has been a comedic asset and a comedic resource.

I spent the first 25 years of my life not knowing what I wanted to do.

And people are intrigued if I really am as grumpy in real life. People feel a bit let down if I'm laughing or smiling.

I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.

Make lots of money. Enjoy the work. Operate within the law. Choose any two of three

I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.

My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner.

I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough.

In particular, I found praying very disturbing, like swimming with bricks tied to your feet. And yet I was drawn to it constantly.

If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.

Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.

I'm not really part of any group or clique or gang because that's always been my nature.

One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to realize my underlying problem was not genuine alcoholism, but depression.

I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.

Depression is something that has always figured in my life but now I'm dealing with it. I wish I'd done this years ago because it's been really helpful.

The film industry is like Anne Robinsonalways on the look-out for a new face

I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.

I'm just part of a tradition of people who aren't pleased. I would never think anyone else who has the same attitude was getting it from me. I'd just think they're... sensible.