I don’t think I’ve ever died on stage. I’ve had jokes that died on stage. I’ve told a joke and absolutely nothing. They didn’t know it was the end of the joke.
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I was brought up as a Catholic. I’ve got A-level guilt.
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People die all the time. It’s just that you’re not around.
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I’ve always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can’t tell to an audience.
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I decided to stop drinking while it was still my idea.
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I love Scotland and I speak about it a lot, so people think I’m desperate to go back. They just take it upon themselves to say I’m going back, but I’m not. I’d rather concentrate on becoming a citizen of the world.
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Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.
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Scottish-Americans tell you that if you want to identify tartans, it’s easy – you simply look under the kilt, and if it’s a quarter-pounder, you know it’s a McDonald’s.
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If you give people a chance, they shine.
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Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
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I’d never consciously left home to see a zombie movie. They were fine by me, but I had no intention of ever being in one. But I’ve been learning more about it as I’ve been doing interviews. I
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I don’t aim to offend.
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Scotland has the only football team in the world that does a lap of disgrace.
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce.
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The strangest thing is at tea breaks, or coffee breaks or lunch, you forget you’re a zombie. And you’re talking about politics to somebody at the table and you forget that you have a bullet hole in your forehead.
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Did your mother never tell you not to drink on an empty head?
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