Alan Carr

Comedian

46 Quotes

I love that I'm approachable. All kinds of people come up to me.

My mum will never ask if I'm seeing anyone; I'm not that kind of person anyway. I'm very private.

I'm just a comedian. That's all I am. If you find me funny, good.

Doing stand up helps - thinking on your feet definitely comes in handy when it's a live show.

I don't like the attention that comes with TV.

But there's something delightfully old-school about sitting in the BBC - obviously wearing a bow tie and monocle - with a co-presenter who forgets there's a webcam in there. It's also nice to hear from the general public when they're not swearing at you or asking to extend their credit limit.

I was such a worrier at school. I wish I could go back and tell myself to stop stressing.

Nostalgia is so powerful, and it was such an odd year, 2020.

There's a reason 'The Price Is Right' is on in every country in the world. It's simple, and people want to know the price of things. Plus we give away brilliant prizes.

Children? No, no, no. I struggle with a red setter.

I mean, seeing 10 very talented interior designers is not hard work - it's an absolute joy.

With Stand Up To Cancer, every penny goes to Cancer Research UK. You are playing with people's lives. I knew I needed to get as much money as possible.

I do my own stunts. You see someone like Graham Norton would have had a stunt double, but no, I give 100 per cent to my viewers.

I love a bit of 'Tipping Point'; I sit there and sometimes the dog starts watching it. It's just like the going in and out and the coins falling, it can be quite trance-like.

When things finish, you think, 'It's over' but you realise sometimes, it's just the beginning of something else.

It seems the older I get, I hear about cancer more and more but not to get too totally depressed about it all - on a positive note you do hear about people surviving it more - thanks to the fantastic work done by the Stand Up To Cancer campaign.

I think I have got a lot better as an interviewer. I let people talk now which is something you need to do. At the beginning I thought jokes, jokes, jokes, I am a stand up comedian but I think I have mellowed out now.

I mean, I see the old interviews with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford, these characters clawed their way up - what stories.

I'm old school, when I go on stage, I want every single person in that theatre to have the time of their life. I don't want to upset someone on their night off when they've been working all week.

I'm not that good at knowing the price of things. Not because I live in a celebrity bubble, but just because I've always been rubbish at stuff like that.

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