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John Oliver

John Oliver

British Comedian

Born: Apr 23, 1977

American Comedy Me People Think You

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I've made so many people angry that they kind of blur into one unpleasant memory of people staring at you with somewhere between passive aggression and active aggression. John Oliver

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I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior. John Oliver

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The only thing I'm nervous about is talking to guests like human beings, because all of my interviews so far have been attacking people. I have a genuine concern about sitting across from an actor whose movies I obviously haven't seen. John Oliver

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I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I thought I could do an American accent until I tried it in front of an American - the expression of horror is still burnt onto my retinas. John Oliver

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It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge. John Oliver

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Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive, and there's just no shortcut - you just have to do it. John Oliver

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I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy. John Oliver

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I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen. John Oliver

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I can't relax. I find vacations problematic. John Oliver

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There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that. John Oliver

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I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go. John Oliver

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I would hate to meet myself at 15. John Oliver

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You don't really know when stand-up material is TV ready; it's just at what point you're willing to let it go and not work on it anymore. I'm not sure there is a point at which you think: 'And that is finished.' John Oliver

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People are friendlier in New York than London. John Oliver

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You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting. John Oliver

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I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to do by a British accent. That's why so many infomercials have British people. John Oliver

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I realize how desperate it sounds for me, as a comedian, to ask you to laugh at my jokes. John Oliver

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People are always going to say stupid things, and you're always going to be able to make jokes about that, but it should be the last thing you add in, because it's the easiest thing. John Oliver

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Americans just don't understand dry wit. John Oliver

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Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury. John Oliver

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