Jo Brand Quotes & Sayings (Page 11)

“I've always been criticised for how filthy my material is. Victoria Wood said to me once, 'I wish I was a bit ruder, like you,' and I said, 'Well, I wish I was a bit cleaner, like you.'”

“Regular panelists on shows can be terrifying. They own that space, and many guest comics suspect they are favoured in the edit, while their own hilarious jokes end up being ejected into the ether.”

“There are comics who treat women fairly appallingly. But I can be great friends with them because I don't tend to do that ticking of boxes: it can make life too simplistic.”

“I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.”

“School was great. There were no boys there, which didn't really bother me at the time because I had two brothers, so I was quite pleased not to spend any more time with boys.”

“I love doing stand-up. It's so self-contained - you go there, you do it, you go home - but with telly, there are too many people involved with it with opinions. You have a product, and everyone wants to change it.”

“I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they don't.”

“I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways.”

“I like men. They are hugely entertaining, but they have a lot of shortcomings and you just have to bear those in mind.”

“I just don't like travelling very much.”