Alexei Sayle Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“If I won the lottery I'd start a charity that helped little family hardware stores, cobblers and fruit shops open in city centres.”

“The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying off.”

“I did six series for the BBC and that was enough. I've been writing for ten years, which is more challenging artistically.”

“I like the south of Spain, notably for the Moorish influence and the weather.”

“If sitcoms were easy to write, there'd be a lot of good ones, and there aren't.”

“I'm distinct, really.”

“People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre.”

“However, my problems with my memory are further complicated by the fact that while I don't have any recollection of things I have actually done, I have very vivid recollections of loads of things that I haven't done.”

“I'm sure a psychologist would see something highly significant in how absent-minded I am. I mean I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to my neck by muscles, ligaments and my esophagus.”

“A lot of those comics can't hold down relationships and they've got no other life apart from performing. They sleep in their Jags and a lot of them can't even talk. All they can do is tell gags.”