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Jo Brand

British Comedian

Born: Jul 23, 1957

Comedy Good Me People Think You

Related authors: Alexei Sayle Eddie Izzard Eric Morecambe Jack Whitehall John Oliver Stephen Fry Tim Vine Tommy Cooper

Each generation has a backlash against the generation before. Jo Brand

Generation Before Backlash Against Each Each Generation

I'm just trying to spread the word and upturn the myth that actually you should be resting after cancer treatment. You shouldn't; you should be getting out and doing any kind of exercise you can. You don't have to run a marathon, but you just have to up your activity levels. Jo Brand

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I went on the pill when I was 16, put on four stone... so that proved to be a very effective contraceptive. Jo Brand

Put Pill Proved Contraceptive Effective Very Stone Four

I'm not a flag waver for obesity. It's not healthy, and you have a crap life because there is such a downer on it. Jo Brand

Life You Healthy Waver Obesity Because Flag Crap Downer

There are lots of people who believe that caricature of me the tabloids created, so they think they don't like me. Jo Brand

Me People Believe Think Caricature Tabloids Like Lots Created Who

I love doing stand-up. It's so self-contained - you go there, you do it, you go home - but with telly, there are too many people involved with it with opinions. You have a product, and everyone wants to change it. Jo Brand

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I suspect most politicians feel overwhelmed because people's lives are a real struggle, full of unhappiness, and you would probably feel powerless to do anything about it. Jo Brand

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Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone. Jo Brand

Strong Sometimes Try Too Everyone Bit Television Opinions Hard Appeal

I never think, 'Where am I going to be in a year's time?' That seems to be a sure way of missing the fact that you might be quite happy now. Jo Brand

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I think there's a danger that we're moving towards a state where the people we are expected to admire are almost not human anymore, and I don't like that. I prefer it when someone looks like a nice person, and you think, 'I could have a laugh with them in the pub.' Jo Brand

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My mum and my husband are from Irish backgrounds, so we have a lot of potatoes. Chips, mashed, boiled, new potatoes, I love them all. Even the slightly wonky ones like Duchess potatoes that go up in a little spiral. Jo Brand

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My mum is bright, ambitious, well read, political and very bolshie: when my dad was conscripted into the Army and posted to Libya, she convinced some general to let her go with him. I don't know how she managed it. Jo Brand

I've never trained as an actor. I've always thought I'm not a good actor. I've been told I'm not a good actor by a lot of people. Jo Brand

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I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of myself as the Ross Kemp of comedy. He's very good in 'East Enders' because he plays a version of himself. I think I can play a version of myself - that's about all I can do. Jo Brand

Men are fantastic - as a concept. Jo Brand

Men Concept Fantastic

When you have children, your house smells very unpleasant all the time. Jo Brand

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