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Barry Humphries
Barry Humphries
Australian Comedian
Born: Feb 17, 1934
Life Me People Stage Think You
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Glamour comes from within. My beauty regime begins with my personality. Barry Humphries
Personality Beauty Glamour Within Begins Regime
New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human. Barry Humphries
Three Country Sheep Think Thirty Thousand New Human New Zealand Whom Zealand Million
I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them. Barry Humphries
People Wish Other Say Could Pick Empower Them Things
I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life. Barry Humphries
Life My Life Stage Worse Nerves Badly Still Greatly Gets Suffer
To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother. Barry Humphries
Mother Party Live Dancing All Night Rather Like Permanently Australia Going Night
People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten. Barry Humphries
Me People Long Guests Those Only Remained Forgotten After Shows Watch
I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life! Barry Humphries
Life Work Good Day Theatre My Life Living Enough Earn Guilty Drifted Never Had Knew Cheated Feel Like Done Successful Painter
I denied this for many, many years and years... but you cannot help but not see a little of my mother in the character of Edna. Barry Humphries
Character You Mother See Years Denied Years And Years Cannot Little Help Many
I guess you could say I'm an addict - an adrenalin addict - I get great excitement and stimulation from doing stuff in public, even though I'm nervous and I have very bad stage fright. Barry Humphries
Great You Nervous Stage Addict Guess Say Though Bad Adrenalin Could Excitement Stuff Doing Stimulation Very Fright Get Stage Fright Public Even
What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.' Barry Humphries
Funny Character You Speak Thought Wish Stage Every Think Extraordinary Extremely Says Though About Something Wings Outside She Talking Am Were Then Stand Now Now And Then
I'm approaching 70. Unfortunately, from the wrong direction. Barry Humphries
Approaching Direction Wrong Wrong Direction Unfortunately
I have beautiful, beautiful clothes, designed by my bachelor boy son, Kenny. Kenny has a big following as it is, and even Lady Gaga has asked Kenny to design dresses for her. But Kenny isn't very keen on, well, shall we say, extreme women. He likes someone that women all over the world can identify with. Barry Humphries
Beautiful Son Women World Big Clothes Design Bachelor Extreme Say Dresses Following Someone Shall He Beautiful Clothes Over Identify Likes Well Boy Very Lady Lady Gaga Gaga Asked Even Keen Her Designed Kenny
I have got to the point in my life when a lot of people I know have died or are dying, so I realise that somewhere outside the pearly gates is a queue, shuffling nearer and nearer to the celestial box office. Barry Humphries
Life People My Life Somewhere Point Outside Know Box Box Office Got Lot Queue Office Celestial Died Dying Realise Nearer Shuffling Gates
I've never looked at my Facebook page or my website, because I'm fundamentally an amateur. Barry Humphries
Website Facebook Never Looked Because Amateur Page Fundamentally
I hate it when theater people go on about professionalism - aren't they boring? I try to be as unprofessional as possible. And I'm a little bit politically incorrect. Barry Humphries
Hate People Try Bit Possible Boring About Go Politically Politically Incorrect Theater Little Little Bit Professionalism Incorrect
In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered. Barry Humphries
Religion Me You Church Australia Oh Want Turn Really Imagine
I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And you know, some of them are amazing. We invented the clapper boards used in films. We invented those cranes - those big long cranes used on construction sites. Barry Humphries
History You Construction Book Writing Amazing Long Big Films Hundred Those Some Objects Invented Know Am Australia Sites The History Of Boards Them Used Things
I Sellotape whole tins of sardines to my face at night, attach two squeezed lemon rinds to my armadillo-skinned elbows, and put cucumber on my eyes. By the time I'm finished, I look like a fruit salad with added fish. In the morning, the pillow is pretty much a write-off. Barry Humphries
Time Morning Fruit Eyes Face Finished Added Pretty Attach Put Like Look Cucumber Pillow Fish Salad Squeezed Lemon Elbows Much Whole Night Two By The Time

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