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Eddie Izzard [1962-0] British
Rank: 101
Comedian, Stand-up comedian


Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is an English stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. His comedic style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue, and self-referential pantomime. 

Funny, Religion, Food, History, Pet, Positive, Power



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Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal. Food, Pet
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Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling. Religion
102
I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive. Positive, Power
104
Never put a sock in a toaster. Funny
105
If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.
106
In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up.
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I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but I think is generally more information than we had before. Last tour we didn't have Wikipedia. And then Discovery Channel and History Channel. I can take it in and retain what I think are the most important facts. History
108
If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.
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I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing. Funny
110
I wanna live 'til I die, no more, no less.
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They tend to come out a colour called 'Pants left in wash'
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Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan.
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There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God? Religion
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I'm a one-man idiot.
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Animals in the wild are lean, and I think we should be too.
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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever. Religion
119
I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from. Funny
120
My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.
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I like my coffee like I like my women. In a plastic cup.
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So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!
123
MAC gave me 55 lipsticks to test. These are the same lipsticks I got caught stealing by the police when I was 15. How ironic.
124
I'd be happy to be taken as a woman - and that's what I was initially trying to do when I started throwing on dresses and stuff. But that wasn't going to happen because everyone kept calling me sir. So I thought I'd change the method and just start wearing what I wanted to wear.
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I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between gigs, now I just like to do stand-up gigs as much as I can.
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I use a Bruce Lee technique: 'The way of no way.' He had the idea that he would learn everything, so that whoever he had to fight, he could improvise anything. The best way of starting a gig is just to not think of anything - to clear your mind, not in an empty Zen state, but more just to go on and see where you go.
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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
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If you go down as a comedian's comedian, that's basically meaning other comedians are hopefully feeling that you're doing okay.
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I wanted to be less well-known in comedy.
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Well, comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
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I don't believe that competitions are important.
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