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Dominic Holland

English Comedian

Born: Jun 8, 1967

Am Car Comedian Me People You

Related authors: Benny Hill James Acaster Jimmy Carr Julian Clary Les Dawson Norman Wisdom Rowan Atkinson Russell Brand

I always think stand-up is the most brutal environment for a comedian. Dominic Holland

Think Brutal Environment Comedian Most Always

When I was a little boy, I was fascinated by the way my dad used to laugh at the telly, and from a very early age, I had an idea of what was funny and why people laughed. Dominic Holland

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The garden is something I always try to get into, but it always beats me. Dominic Holland

Me Garden Try Something Beats Always Get

I've written 'Eclipsed' as a funny story. It is completely bonkers. Dominic Holland

Funny Funny Story Eclipsed Written Story

I find it pressurising coming to the Voodoo Rooms to do my hour of comedy. Dominic Holland

Comedy Find Voodoo Hour Coming Rooms

I had a crisis of confidence and ran away from being a standup for a while. Dominic Holland

Confidence Ran Crisis Had Being While Standup Away

I am a professional comedian, a published novelist, and a general wit for hire. Dominic Holland

General Wit Comedian Am Hire Professional Novelist Published

I am the first to admit that I have never been a household name. Dominic Holland

First Admit Never Name Household Household Name Am Been

I have tried many times to write a TV sitcom - with little success. Dominic Holland

Success TV Tried Write Times Sitcom Little Many

There is nothing quite as loud as the silence of an audience when a comedian is on stage. Dominic Holland

Silence Stage Nothing Comedian Audience Loud Quite

Many years ago, I was a young and, dare I say it, very hot new comedian. Maybe even the hottest of all if the now defunct Perrier panel of judges were to be believed. Dominic Holland

Young Panel Say Dare Hot Hottest New Comedian Judges Were Years Years Ago Very Maybe Many Even Now Believed

My story is comic because I've spent vast amounts of effort trying to become a Hollywood screenwriter and made no direct effort on making my son a movie actor. Dominic Holland

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As a parent, I often wonder what I should be encouraging my kids to do for a career. Dominic Holland

Kids Parent Encouraging Wonder Often Should Career

I like to call myself numerically dyslexic, but officially, I am mathematically thick. Dominic Holland

Myself Dyslexic Like Call Am Mathematically Officially Thick

Invest your money safely. Avoid the risky lure of spectacular returns; go for an investment that cannot lose its value. This is why I have put all my spare cash into buying not shares, but thousands of penny chews. Dominic Holland

I'm a confident person next to the guy in the street, but if you go into the showbiz world, it seems the guys who are most successful are the most confident, and I don't think I fit into that category. Dominic Holland

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The house I've bought in London, the holidays, everything has been bought from making people laugh, and if you'd said to me when I was 14 that's how I was going to make my living, I would have smiled from ear to ear. Dominic Holland

My job is to make people laugh. If I've upset them instead, then I haven't done my job properly. Dominic Holland

People Job Laugh Properly Instead Make Done Upset Them Then

Edinburgh is a world city, visited throughout the year for its beauty and history, but in August, it is the City of Hope. There is something very exciting and romantic about performers of all shapes and sizes, honing their stuff for the biggest arts festival in the world. Dominic Holland

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Seeing a full room of punters queuing for my show is always heartening. Dominic Holland

Seeing Always Room Full Show

In my career, all my most important breaks have come from Edinburgh. Winning awards, being reviewed, bagging my BBCR4 series and the chance to tour has all come from Edinburgh, which begs the question, why the hell have I left it so long to come back? Dominic Holland

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