Peter Kay Quotes

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If something doesn't feel right comedically I won't bud

If something doesn’t feel right comedically I won’t budge on it. You just have to dig your heels in and fight for it. And I mean fight quite intensely.
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Being a comedian is probably the only job apart from undertaking that isn’t age restricted.
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I loved making it but when I saw it, I thought, ‘Oh my God. I’m a big green lizard running around Cardiff? Is that it?’ It’s nice to have been in ‘Doctor Who‘ but that is regarded by fans as the worst episode ever.
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My mum can’t watch ‘Car Share‘ – well she does, but she says, ‘Peter I can’t enjoy it because you’re not watching the road.’
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The Lily Foundation is an inspiring charity that helps to improve the lives of children with Mitochondrial Disease. I’ve had first-hand experience of the Foundation’s work and I’m proud to raise both awareness and much needed funds to help with the inspiring work they provide to children and their families.
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I never settled because I wasn’t meant to pack toilet rolls or stack shelves.
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It’s about self-sacrifice. Since having children, I’ve worked, but I’ve maintained the balance of being at home as well.
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My entire act is through and through British. I reference everything British.
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I love ‘Phoenix Nights’ and I would love to go back. I’ve got a lot of ideas about ‘Phoenix Nights.’
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It’s funny how comedy is, you look at people like French and Saunders, when they started out they were very alternative. A lot of those alternative comedians have ended up being mainstream, they know that longevity is about being mainstream.
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I never wanted to be ‘the big I-Am.’
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I could probably make another series of ‘Phoenix Nights’ or ‘Max And Paddy,’ but that would just feel like a safe bet.
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Oh God love Susan Boyle. God love ‘er. I’ve nothing more to say about Susan, except God love ‘er and God bless ‘er.
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The fact that I have had so much time to be a dad and to be around my children is brilliant.
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Do I miss him? Of course I do. Every day. His death was devastating, he was just 51. But you know, in my stand-up my Dad will always be alive. He’s so much part of my act.
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Audiences want comedy that has no venom. They want to have a laugh without it becoming twee.
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If I am popular across the board, from teenagers to pensioners, it’s not because I’m trying to be family-orientated, it’s because my mum vets all my shows! I always get a critique from her and she’s very harsh.
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I believe that a man called Jesus did walk the earth at one time but I don’t think he was the superhero that the Bible makes him out to be.
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I keep my cuttings for when I’m back on the bins. I believe that it’s not going to last. At least I will be able to say, ‘I lived.’
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If you’re struggling and you just get a sense when you’re writing that you might be running out of ideas, that’s when I think you should walk away.
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What a joy to be working on the second series of ‘Car Share’ with the wonderful Sian Gibson. The success of the first series has been completely overwhelming.
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A lot of people have got into it because of money, but true comedians do it because they can’t help it, and feel slightly removed doing anything else. That were case with me.
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There’s some belting hymns. Brilliant hymns. When I was an altar boy the hymns were great.
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There’s no great secret or plan, I just think I’m funny and I want to make people laugh.
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I believe in a God of some kind, in some sort of higher being. Personally I find it very comforting.
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Children don’t mind when something was made – they don’t discriminate in that way. I tape very early episodes of ‘Rainbow‘ and ‘Trumpton’ for my son and watch them with him. He loves them. ‘Trumpton’ was made in 1967, but he still watches it like it’s brand new.
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It’s like a childish dream come true to be in ‘Doctor Who’ and to be an alien.
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I’ve got loads of ideas swimming round, and I’ve even organised them in a nice folder on me computer.
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You’ve got to just be happy with your lot.
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It’s lonely being stuck in a hotel in London for two nights. Even a couple of nights away from the children is awful.
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That’s basically all my act is – it’s just listening all the time and watching for what people do with their hands and so on. It gets on people’s nerves a bit – especially when you’re at a wedding and you’re scribbling on a table and they go ‘stop doing that’ and you go ‘I can’t.’
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