Category - Marcus Brigstocke

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Marcus Brigstocke

I’d lie in bed in my dormitory and grab at bits of my body, wanting to tear them off… I was so large by then that, in the heat, my thighs chafed together and bled. I was very unhappy, and yet no one ever asked me how I felt.

– Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke

If you go on stage with an agenda, you have to accept not everyone’s going to agree with it.

– Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke

I stumbled on a joke idea and style that worked, the audience went with it and, from that moment on, I was hooked. It’s an amazing feeling.

– Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke

I failed to get into drama school, and my best friend told me I should do stand-up instead. I was always doing gags and voices, so he booked a gig for me without telling me. I only had four days to write it. I did a seven-minute set; the first four minutes were terrible, but the last two were amazing.

– Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke

The basic function of a comic is stand-up because it’s so straightforward and simple. If the audience don’t laugh, you didn’t do your job. I’ve had some audiences where I didn’t care if they laughed or not because they were either too drunk or stupid.

– Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke

Britain is obsessed with political correctness.

– Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke

I have a very good memory for scripts. I can watch a show I like once, then remember about 90% of the script. But ask me who was in it, and I wouldn’t have a clue.

– Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke

I have an addictive personality. Boarding school merely sent me more quickly on the downward spiral that dominated my childhood.

– Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke

I’m best known as a stand-up comedian, but I’m a good actor in the right role.

– Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke

And much as I enjoy writing and creating stuff, I don’t enjoy it so much that I am willing to give up any time that could otherwise be spent performing.

– Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke

I think it’s important never to look yourself up on Wikipedia. I think the temptation to correct any interesting factual errors would be too much.

– Marcus Brigstocke

Marcus Brigstocke

Eventually, somewhere – be it on the Internet or somewhere else – I will host some version of ‘The Daily Show.’

– Marcus Brigstocke

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