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Greg Davies

British Comedian

Born: May 14, 1968

Comedy Me People Think Time You

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One day I woke up, had an early mid-life crisis, and decided it all had to change. I went and did Logan Murray's comedy course for 11 weeks and then started sneakily doing open-spot gigs, and that was it. Greg Davies

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I can't remember the last time I can say I felt truly unwound. Greg Davies

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My dad is the funniest human being I've ever met in my life - for years, I'd watch him hold court in whatever situation he was in; he was the most amazing raconteur. I often feel I've hijacked what should have been his career. Greg Davies

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I think the main thing I'd bring to Chewbacca is middle-aged spread. Chewbacca has looked after himself. Greg Davies

Think Main Main Thing Looked Himself Spread After Middle-Aged Thing Bring

The truth is, I should have never done teaching. I did teaching because I didn't have the bottle to have a go at comedy. Whether there's any gain to comedy is not for me to say. But certainly it was no loss to teaching. Greg Davies

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People often tell me that they have no idea how I can do standup. The idea of trying to make a large group of strangers laugh is, for many, absolutely petrifying - and it is - but there are ways of gradually developing the material that can ease the fear. Greg Davies

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In standup, the feedback is instantaneous, and if it fails, you know you'll be off-stage and hiding in a short time. Greg Davies

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I got to the stage where I physically couldn't carry on unless I gave comedy a go: it was necessity. Greg Davies

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Our family were very quick to laugh at each other. Greg Davies

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If you're doing a job, and you secretly want to do a different job, you start to blame the job. I was blaming the teaching for that fact I wasn't performing. I really felt I needed to follow a comedy career. Greg Davies

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I was a drama teacher, so I had the opportunity to show off in front of a captive audience. I essentially did 13 years of stand-up. Whether my pupils would agree that I was remotely interesting or not is another question. Greg Davies

I rather like finding out instantly whether you've been successful or not. It's a cliche, really, but the fact is that every gig is different: it's a live event, and you're with a different group of individuals every night. Greg Davies

Love at first sight is probably for stupid people, but maybe I'm just cynical. Greg Davies

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I grew up in Shropshire, but I was born in Wales. There was a hospital seven miles away, but my dad drove 45 miles over the Welsh border so I could play rugby for Wales. But as a skinny asthmatic, I was only ever good at swimming. Greg Davies

If you want something badly enough, you go for it. Greg Davies

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Some of my friends in this business have received awful online abuse, but I've so far pretty much avoided it - and I've largely avoided meeting hideous people in the street. Most people tend to be charming. Greg Davies

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The state of the world petrifies me as much as it does everyone else at the moment. Anyone who comes to my show expecting incisive political analysis will be deeply disappointed. Greg Davies

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I have no desire to work my adrenal glands any harder than necessary. I like lazing around; it's pretty important to my well-being. But I also get bored, so that's when my culture-vulturing kicks in. Greg Davies

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I'm 6ft 8in, so I feel like I've got full body thrombosis about five hours in if I'm flying in economy. Greg Davies

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