Jack Dee Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way.”

“The book is called 'Thanks for Nothing' and it's really the story of how I got into comedy and traces back every strand in my life that is relevant to that story. It's kind of an autobiography but isn't, as it stops about 25 years ago. It goes right up to the first time I do stand up.”

“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.”

“Mmmm... the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and you try to explain it to someone else and end up saying, 'You had to be there.'”

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

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

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

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

“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.”