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I think most people that do comedy write for themselves. I don’t think there is any other way you can do it, really. Otherwise it would be quite cynical.

David Walliams

There’s something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Comedian Mean Scared
Writing for radio really focuses the mind, because you can’t rely on thinking “Oh, just pull a funny face at the end of this sketch.” You’ve got to try to work on the words.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Mind Thinking Writing
It’s strange how sometimes you can be so happy it goes all the way round to sadness.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Sadness Strange Way
I’ve just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.
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Length Thames Tired
I think comedy is a bit more international than people credit. I happily watch lots of American shows and American comedy films. If I did a list of the top 10 comedy films in Britain, there’s no sense that it would probably be different than yours.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Different People Thinking
I’m terribly attention-seeking. It’s very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can’t exactly.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Attention Different Want
I am a huge fan of ‘Doctor Who.’
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Doctors Fans Huge
Social satire has been around since people have been around.
DAVID WALLIAMS

People Satire Social
My favourite restaurant of all time is Mildreds on London’s Lexington Street. It’s a little vegetarian restaurant and is really fun and healthy, too. It was the first place I went to in London and really liked. That was 20 years ago, and it is still my favourite.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Fun Healthy Years
It can be difficult to be subtle and not cartoony in prosthetics. But when you see characters like Bubbles and Desiree from ‘Little Britain’ on screen, it makes all the hard work worth it. It’s such fun watching those transformations.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Character Fun Hard Work
I know somebody from university who’s called Phil Collins, and I think there’s something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name with somebody who either is famous or becomes famous.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Names Thinking Unfortunate
I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it’s over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Book Character Writing
I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Country Dad Place Uncles
Definitely I love women, I love being around women, I find them incredible and intoxicating, and I’ve never had that feeling I get with women with a man.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Feelings Love Men
I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Helping Kids Others Want
There’s a sort of magic and music to comedy. Some words, some numbers even, are funnier than others. A Caramac bar, for instance, is funnier than a Milky Way.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Bars Magic Numbers

I think most people that do comedy write for themselves. I don’t think there is any other way you can do it, really. Otherwise it would be quite cynical.

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I think most people that do comedy write for themselves. I don’t think there is any other way you can do it, really. Otherwise it would be quite cynical.

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