Rory Bremner Quotes

Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on!

Politics now is rather like going into Starbucks for a coffee.

In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn't be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical comedian.

I am just fascinated by this reassurance from a menacing figure. It is rather frightening.

It is almost impossible to say the name of Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawat without adding 'give a dog a bone'

When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary to sell the speeches he and Jack Straw made in 1994.

I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education.

Now I'm instantly nervous about the demands of doing a weekly column.

British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.

Tony Blair has always said he will be judged by history. Now Alastair Campbell is history we await his judgment.

I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is.

When George Bush finally leaves the White House, the satire industry will briefly join the rest of the economy in recession. It will certainly be the end of an era.

My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift.

Just when exactly does the Millennium begin? Some say 1999, some say 2000, and some say 2001. You wait a thousand years for one, and three turn up at once.

William Hague, the world's favourite hairline.

I'm much more used to the TV shows, which are demanding to write and perform but very fulfilling.

People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift.

My mum called me scatty because I could never sit still. But there was no sense I was suffering from a medical condition as such.

I've no idea what they make of me. People usually don't recognise themselves in an impression.

I love anywhere new and different. That's the fun of travel. I've always loved driving through Spain, France and Italy - sometimes in an Alfa Spider.

For such a small country, Britain packs in an amazing diversity of landscapes: coastline, lakes, mountains, rolling countryside, villages and great cities.

Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature.

Like millions of Scots, I've agonised over whether to go for independence or remain with the Union.