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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

I have always liked shows that have laughter in them.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Always Laughter Shows
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 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’ve just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Length Thames Tired
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 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

People Thinking 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
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
TV has lost a lot of its self-confidence as its power has been eroded by the internet.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Confidence Internet Self Television
Social satire has been around since people have been around.
DAVID WALLIAMS

People Satire Social
All human life can be found in an airport.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Airports Found Human Life
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
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
We’ve got 12-year-old boys dressing up as transvestites.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Boys Dressing Transvestites Years
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
I don’t get recognized much, and am very happy with that. The fans I have met have all been delightful.
DAVID WALLIAMS

Delightful Fans Happy Mets Very

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.

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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.

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