Russell Howard Most comics’ first gig is either brilliant or horrific. – Russell Howard Brilliant Quotes Comics Quotes Gig Quotes Horrific Quotes The Edinburgh Fringe is a tough beast and you do whatever you can to get through it. But it’s really the worst place to see comedians; everyone is so tense and nervous because it feels like Ofsted inspectors are out there. I’d been writing jokes since I was 16, not very good ones though, but I was always trying to make my mates laugh.
Laura van den Berg To me, in general, something that’s really rich in terms of identity about transit spaces is that they’re so intimate. Especially thinking about long international flights when we’re trying to sleep on the plane – we’re total strangers, but we’re sleeping next to each other. – Laura van den Berg
Guillermo Diaz It’s weird: when I first got on Twitter, I had a couple hundred, then thousand, followers. Now I have over 53,000. – Guillermo Diaz
Aaron Wan-Bissaka As a kid, playing for my country was a dream. It would be such a huge honour. – Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Amanda Warren I attended university because I have always felt that education is freedom and power. – Amanda Warren
Liv Hewson I didn’t go to university. I studied theatre in high school and worked with Canberra Youth Theatre and The Street Theatre and other theatre organisations in Canberra, and that’s how I got my training. – Liv Hewson
Alan Ball Television viewing has become for me a completely different experience, because I don’t watch shows on a weekly basis. I wait until the DVD or I TiVo everything and wait until the end of a season and watch it all over a weekend. For me that’s a really satisfying experience, like reading a book. – Alan Ball
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