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Ben Miller
Ben Miller
English Comedian
Born: Feb 24, 1966
Comedy Life Me People Science You
Related authors: Benny Hill James Acaster Jimmy Carr Julian Clary Les Dawson Norman Wisdom Rowan Atkinson Russell Brand
My enthusiasm for L.A. stems from my father, who was a lecturer in American literature at the University of Birmingham. Through his work, our family did several house swaps with L.A. families. It was a dreadfully daring thing to do in the early 1980s; there was no Internet, so you had no idea of what you were getting into. Ben Miller
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I go back to L.A. as often as I can, and even if I'm there on business, I always add on a few extra days for pleasure. Ben Miller
Business Few Extra Add Back Pleasure Days Always Go Often Even
I adored 'Drop the Dead Donkey.' That show defined Channel 4 at the time; it was so inventive and off the leash. Ben Miller
Time Drop Channel Defined Inventive Adored Dead Leash Off Donkey Show
I can be indecisive about things - and the less important something is, the more indecisive I am. Ben Miller
Important Indecisive About Something More Am Less Things
Life is a mystery: you've just got to go with it. Ben Miller
Life You Life Is A Mystery Got Go Just
I have always played a slightly ineffectual, bumbly, nice guy. Ben Miller
Nice Slightly Guy Always Nice Guy Played
It was only in the second year of my Ph.D. that I started acting. I wasn't in school plays or anything; I was in bands, but I wasn't cool. There's no such thing as a cool physics person, is there? Ben Miller
Physics School Year Only School Plays Bands Person Anything Acting Cool Thing Second Started Plays
All men in their 40s want to be in rock bands, and I reserve the right to be in a pub band at some point. Ben Miller
Men Band Some Point Rock Rock Bands Bands Want Pub Reserve Right
One of the saddest things I've ever done is download 'I'm A Teenage Dirtbag' by Wheatus and play along with it with my headphones on. Oh, God. If you were to walk in and see me do that, you would really worry for me. Ben Miller
God Me You Walk Teenage Worry Would See Saddest Headphones Along Were Done Oh Oh God Really Download Ever Play Things
My kids are blissfully unaware of anything I do. I asked my four-year-old, Harrison, what I did, and he said, 'You're an electrician.' He must have seen me changing a lightbulb. Ben Miller
Me You Seen Changing Kids Must Unaware He Said Blissfully Did Anything Asked Electrician
It's great to do stuff that 'gets you out of the house' in a way - that gets you to meet other people! Ben Miller
Great You People Other Meet Way Out Stuff House Gets
I once played a character called Mr. Jonathan in something called 'Razzle Dazzle.' I was a choreographer of children's pageants. That was something I never imagined doing. It did great in Australia. Ben Miller
Great Character Once Something Never Jonathan Doing Australia Did Children Choreographer Played Imagined
Acting and writing are the things I like doing. I don't like presenting that much. Ben Miller
Writing Like Doing Much Acting Things Presenting
I like to think of myself as focused in work, but it probably comes across as obsessive. Ben Miller
Work Myself Think Focused Obsessive Like Across
As an actor, it's good to try to do new things, I think. Ben Miller
Good Try New Things Think New Actor Things
As a committed Whovian, I cannot believe my luck in joining the Twelfth Doctor for one of his inaugural adventures. My only worry is that they'll make me leave the set when I'm not filming. Ben Miller
Me Doctor Luck Believe Worry Only Joining Adventures Make Leave His Committed Cannot Twelfth Filming Set
Oh, I assure you, science is anything but boring. Ben Miller
You Science Assure Boring Oh Anything
Science was always a passion, but I also loved 'Monty Python' and 'The Young Ones,' and I discovered the Footlights comedy club at university, where a lot of those people got their start. I had a go and loved it immediately. After that, I just couldn't stop writing sketches, and it all took off from there. Ben Miller
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Being away from my family for six months a year - even if it was in the beautiful surroundings of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean - was just too hard. Ben Miller
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People think I'm Rob Brydon a lot. Ben Miller
People Think Rob Lot
You can reveal yourself on stage in a way that you can't on TV. If you drop a character on TV, it's death. Each character has to be ruthlessly, faultlessly played. But live, you can hint at what's going on behind. You can let the audience in a bit and go off the script. Ben Miller
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Ricky Gervais has jokes about people with disabilities, but do I think that's a healthy thing? Yes, I really do, because he's chosen his targets very carefully, and he's thought about what he's doing. Ben Miller
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I'm afraid I'm very optimistic - and moralistic. Ben Miller
Moralistic Very Optimistic Afraid
For me, one of the things art has to examine is how to live your life, and unless it's doing that, it doesn't work for me. Ben Miller
Life Work Art Me Live Unless One Of The Things Examine How Doing Your Things
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