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Jo Brand

British Comedian

Born: Jul 23, 1957

Comedy Good Me People Think You

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I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that it's perfectly acceptable to make a comment on your appearance when they don't even know you. Jo Brand

You People Comedy Bitterness Feeling Think Perfectly Know Make Acceptable Years Comment Accumulate Your Appearance Even

I must be an anorexic because an anorexic looks in the mirror and sees a fat person. Jo Brand

Mirror Must Sees Looks Anorexic Because Person Fat

It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who are stressed, who are unkind, who are a bit rubbish at their job, who are in the wrong career. Jo Brand

Good Job Rubbish Unkind Bit Some Entire Unrealistic Wrong Individuals Bound Expect Who Profession Career Stressed

One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. This winds lots of people up, particularly because famous Christians pronounce on the life of the poor from their very lovely affluent homes filled with their very lovely families and attractive pets. Jo Brand

Life People One Thing Pronounce Winds Particularly Attractive Because Smug Coming Lots Up Very Families Affluent Common Famous Lovely Poor Across Help Filled Homes Pets Thing Christians

I just don't like travelling very much. Jo Brand

Like Very Just Much Travelling

People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare. Jo Brand

I find it difficult to judge myself, but people say that I have become a bit more socially acceptable over the years in terms of my material; which apparently at the beginning - though I never really intended it to be - was man hating and now is just a bit more cuddly. Jo Brand

Myself Man People Judge Become Beginning Difficult Say Bit Though Find Hating People Say More Never Over Terms Acceptable Cuddly Material Years Intended Just Which Really Apparently Now Socially

I made a supreme effort not to do that thing that parents do, which is to bore people without children to death by going on and on about how funny their children are, so there's none of that hopefully. Jo Brand

Funny Death People Made Parents Hopefully Bore About Supreme Without None How Effort Going Children Which Thing

Whatever situation you are in, that is what is normal for you. Jo Brand

You Whatever Situation Normal

I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish at saying no, and b) be pushed by some kind of Protestant work ethic. Jo Brand

Work Saying Rubbish Say Kind Some Tendency Pushed Like Know Look Protestant Lots Work Ethic Ethic Actually Things

There have been some very extreme hecklers in audiences whose bile was so hateful and so meant that it would be a bit frightening to think that all I'm doing is jokes and yet someone hates me that much. Jo Brand

Me Jokes Think Extreme Bit Would Would-Be Hateful Hates Some Someone Audiences Doing Been Very Frightening Much Meant Whose

I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be encouraging fat people who are exercising to do it, not pointing and laughing. Jo Brand

People Big Swimming Too Embarrassed Laughing About Shame Pointing Feel Because Exercising Go Encouraging Friends Should Who Actually Fat

There's a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used to be. I think it's easier than it was but underlying it all there is still a pretty sexist view of women on stage, which to me hasn't changed that much. Jo Brand

Me Women Comedy Stage Sense Think Changed Defensive Relaxed Easier Sexist Pretty General More General Sense Underlying Still Women Are Than Which Much View Used Less

I'd love to live in Kent but it's all a question of work. Jo Brand

Work Love Live Question Kent

It's actually very hard when you're settled in one place to completely uproot yourself and go. Jo Brand

You Yourself Settled Go Very Uproot Place Hard Actually

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally. Jo Brand

Women Three Seen Difficult Bad Gigs Give Take Had Learn Nasty Lot Up Very After Personally Row Four

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society. Jo Brand

Society Something Structure More Female Comics Male Times Than Social

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