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Rachel Parris
English
Comedian
Born:
May 27
,
1984
About
Comedy
People
Song
Time
You
Determined cheerfulness is something I happen to do very well.
Rachel Parris
Determined
Something
Cheerfulness
Well
Very
Happen
You can still have comedy which is sensitive to the topic, where you’re laughing at the right part of it, you’re not mocking the things that shouldn’t be mocked.
Rachel Parris
You
Comedy
Topic
Laughing
Part
Still
Mocked
Mocking
Where
Which
Sensitive
Right
Things
I’m a sports idiot - watching it, playing it, making conversation about it - I got nothing.
Rachel Parris
Conversation
Sports
Idiot
Nothing
About
Got
Making
Watching
Playing
You gig and gig and wonder what your first Edinburgh show will be like, if people will like it, and when they do, it just feels like it validates the last few years of your life, and that you're on the right track.
Rachel Parris
Life
You
People
Right Track
Will
First
Few
Gig
Feels
Like
Track
Edinburgh
Years
Wonder
Just
Your
Show
Right
Last
Last Few Years
The first time I saw Tim Minchin live, it was his 2008 show 'Ready for This?' in a very big room at the Pleasance during the Edinburgh fringe.
Rachel Parris
Time
First
Big
Live
Saw
Edinburgh
First Time
Ready
Tim
His
Very
Fringe
Room
Show
I know it’s TV, but at the same time you don’t foresee that so many people all over the world are going to see it, and have an opinion on it.
Rachel Parris
Time
You
People
World
TV
See
Over
Know
Opinion
Foresee
Same
Going
So Many People
Same Time
Many
If you’re mocking anyone, make sure it’s those at the top of the food chain, not the bottom.
Rachel Parris
Food
Top
Those
Food Chain
Bottom
Make
Sure
Mocking
Anyone
Chain
I’ve always read the papers but didn’t feel I knew enough in the past. But doing the research and looking at newspapers and online websites gives you a 360-degree view of the news.
Rachel Parris
News
You
Websites
Looking
Past
Research
Enough
Papers
Online
Gives
Knew
Feel
Read
Always
Doing
In The Past
Newspapers
View
I’d always liked having a laugh with my friends, and I’d done comedy in plays; but then my friends asked me to join this improv troupe and it went well and I started performing with them.
Rachel Parris
Me
Comedy
Laugh
Having
Join
Troupe
Performing
Liked
Well
Always
Friends
Improv
Done
Them
Then
Asked
Started
Plays
I started doing improv comedy in 2007, and I think it was that that gave me the confidence to try doing stand-up!
Rachel Parris
Me
Confidence
Comedy
Try
Think
Gave
I Think
Doing
Improv
Started
I’ve got a few things on YouTube and the most I’ve ever had is about 8,000 clicks over five years.
Rachel Parris
Few
YouTube
About
Had
Over
Most
Clicks
Got
Years
Five
Few Things
Ever
Things