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Dylan Moran Quotes

The East is very mysterious to Westerners. Even post-Cold War, it’s still an unknown entity Picture Quote #1

Home gigs can be hard because it’s an odd collision. More than anything, I feel self-conscious when my family are in the audience. I’m doing this job which is not quite acting - part of it is me, part performance. You’re presenting a cartoon of yourself to people who know you as a line-drawing Picture Quote #1

I did throw a lot of eggs into one basket, as you do in your teenage years - ‘I am buying these records, I am wearing this’. I did quite a bit of that. You have to do it, wear your stupid shoes, wear your stupid hair Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to do panel games or adverts. I really like challenges. I always get roles as an art teacher or a photographer. In the future I want to play something like a mugger/assassin/pastry chef Picture Quote #1

I enjoy performing, always, but when you’re taping a gig, you’ve got to blank out this mass apparatus of self-consciousness that’s surrounding you, this invitation to drown in self-consciousness. Otherwise you just won’t be able to do anything Picture Quote #1

I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted to show off. Not complicated in that sense, very natural; it just depends on how you want to show off Picture Quote #1

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I’m delighted to make as many people feel ashamed as possible. There’s probably a site like that for everybody. I’ve heard Newt Gingrich has his own as well Picture Quote #1

I’m really not big on nationalism, to be honest with you. I really don’t think it gets people anywhere except near a pile of dead bodies. I’m Irish, yeah, but I don’t need to get up on a soapbox about it Picture Quote #1

I’ve been writing since I was very young, even before I was a teenager. As far as I’m concerned, I am a writer - whether my writing’s spoken or written in a blog, paper, book or printed on the side of a submarine Picture Quote #1

Stand-up came naturally to me because people in Ireland talk. But that’s not talking on panel shows; it is structured fun. It reminds me of some tragic aunt clapping her hands and bouncing into a room and announcing we should all play games... and if we don’t we are all a rotten spoilsport Picture Quote #1

There’s always a host of voices you’re inspired by. I love Don DeLillo, and I love Isaac Bashevis Singer, and I love Beckett, and I love Pinter. He’s one of the funniest voices in English literature since Dickens Picture Quote #1

Oh how I hate you. I hate you so much it gives me energy. I have to get up early in the morning just to hate you, because there’s not enough time in the day! Please GO AWAY! Picture Quote #1

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Don’t do it! Stay away from your potential. You’ll mess it up, it’s potential, leave it. Anyway, it’s like your bank balance - you always have a lot less than you think Picture Quote #1

Go and lie down in the dark... for hours... and don’t move. I’m locking the door now Picture Quote #1

I do think it’s perfectly natural and human to want to invest belief in something. It’s just a facet of who we are. What do I believe in? I believe in the obvious things. The people I’m close to and my work - it’s not complicated Picture Quote #1

America’s work ethic is non-stop; it’s not even enshrined in law that workers have to get their two weeks holiday money. But Americans work harder than everyone else I can think of Picture Quote #1

I’m just a guy who happens to work in public from time to time. I’ve built a reputation as an established comic, not as a celebrity - a celebrity is someone who is famous but doesn’t do anything Picture Quote #1

When I was a child, I wanted to watch things that made me laugh. It’s attacking boredom, as simple as that. I was 19 when I first went to a comedy club - I wanted to do it, so I gave it a try and that was it. I found my office Picture Quote #1

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You know, people sometimes say to me, ‘Do you prefer to do this or that, act or do stand-up or write’ but the thing that I enjoy most is the difference between all of them, because you’re always learning. I don’t go around thinking of myself as a great anything. I’m actually lucky to have the chance to fail at all of them Picture Quote #1

[Washington] is the political capital. It’s essentially a big office Picture Quote #1

Two young, fit, healthy attractive people in love? There’s nothing worse to look at in the world Picture Quote #1

That’s a rather flippant quote drinking and writing bad poetry from me. I mean, I said it, but I was doing other stuff too. I certainly didn’t manage the full stretch of four years Picture Quote #1

We all know smoking is bad. I know I’m going to quit someday, if I thought I wasn’t I’d quit now Picture Quote #1

I suppose the best comedy shows do have the rock n’ roll feeling - if it’s a great night, and the roof is raised yeah, it’s a similar feeling, sure Picture Quote #1

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Irish people give big hellos and very little goodbyes. Unless they’re female, and then they spend five hours talking in the doorway to the person that’s leaving their house Picture Quote #1

Wow this place is really big isn’t it? They must do proper stuff here, like opera and all that...shite Picture Quote #1

One thing that’s coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing Picture Quote #1

Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works, because in its own way, it’s quite theatrical Picture Quote #1

I know there’s similar dissatisfaction in America. There’s a lot of white people who come from blue collar backgrounds and who feel ill-equipped and badly served by modern economics and the modern job market Picture Quote #1

I’ve always wanted to visit [Washington]. The Smithsonian has some fantastic archival material on blues music, which I’m really into. There’s a ton of stuff I want to do there. but it just never happened Picture Quote #1

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The East is very mysterious to Westerners. Even post-Cold War, it’s still an unknown entity (Dylan Moran Quotes) Home gigs can be hard because it’s an odd collision. More than anything, I feel self-conscious when my family are in the audience. I’m doing this job which is not quite acting - part of it is me, part performance. You’re presenting a cartoon of yourself to people who know you as a line-drawing (Dylan Moran Quotes) I did throw a lot of eggs into one basket, as you do in your teenage years - ‘I am buying these records, I am wearing this’. I did quite a bit of that. You have to do it, wear your stupid shoes, wear your stupid hair (Dylan Moran Quotes) I don’t want to do panel games or adverts. I really like challenges. I always get roles as an art teacher or a photographer. In the future I want to play something like a mugger/assassin/pastry chef (Dylan Moran Quotes) I enjoy performing, always, but when you’re taping a gig, you’ve got to blank out this mass apparatus of self-consciousness that’s surrounding you, this invitation to drown in self-consciousness. Otherwise you just won’t be able to do anything (Dylan Moran Quotes) I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted to show off. Not complicated in that sense, very natural; it just depends on how you want to show off (Dylan Moran Quotes) I’m delighted to make as many people feel ashamed as possible. There’s probably a site like that for everybody. I’ve heard Newt Gingrich has his own as well (Dylan Moran Quotes) I’m really not big on nationalism, to be honest with you. I really don’t think it gets people anywhere except near a pile of dead bodies. I’m Irish, yeah, but I don’t need to get up on a soapbox about it (Dylan Moran Quotes) I’ve been writing since I was very young, even before I was a teenager. As far as I’m concerned, I am a writer - whether my writing’s spoken or written in a blog, paper, book or printed on the side of a submarine (Dylan Moran Quotes) Stand-up came naturally to me because people in Ireland talk. But that’s not talking on panel shows; it is structured fun. It reminds me of some tragic aunt clapping her hands and bouncing into a room and announcing we should all play games... and if we don’t we are all a rotten spoilsport (Dylan Moran Quotes) There’s always a host of voices you’re inspired by. I love Don DeLillo, and I love Isaac Bashevis Singer, and I love Beckett, and I love Pinter. He’s one of the funniest voices in English literature since Dickens (Dylan Moran Quotes) Oh how I hate you. I hate you so much it gives me energy. I have to get up early in the morning just to hate you, because there’s not enough time in the day! Please GO AWAY! (Dylan Moran Quotes) Don’t do it! Stay away from your potential. You’ll mess it up, it’s potential, leave it. Anyway, it’s like your bank balance - you always have a lot less than you think (Dylan Moran Quotes) Go and lie down in the dark... for hours... and don’t move. I’m locking the door now (Dylan Moran Quotes) I do think it’s perfectly natural and human to want to invest belief in something. It’s just a facet of who we are. What do I believe in? I believe in the obvious things. The people I’m close to and my work - it’s not complicated (Dylan Moran Quotes) America’s work ethic is non-stop; it’s not even enshrined in law that workers have to get their two weeks holiday money. But Americans work harder than everyone else I can think of (Dylan Moran Quotes) I’m just a guy who happens to work in public from time to time. I’ve built a reputation as an established comic, not as a celebrity - a celebrity is someone who is famous but doesn’t do anything (Dylan Moran Quotes) When I was a child, I wanted to watch things that made me laugh. It’s attacking boredom, as simple as that. I was 19 when I first went to a comedy club - I wanted to do it, so I gave it a try and that was it. I found my office (Dylan Moran Quotes) You know, people sometimes say to me, ‘Do you prefer to do this or that, act or do stand-up or write’ but the thing that I enjoy most is the difference between all of them, because you’re always learning. I don’t go around thinking of myself as a great anything. I’m actually lucky to have the chance to fail at all of them. (Dylan Moran Quotes) [Washington] is the political capital. It’s essentially a big office. (Dylan Moran Quotes) Two young, fit, healthy attractive people in love? There’s nothing worse to look at in the world. (Dylan Moran Quotes) That’s a rather flippant quote drinking and writing bad poetry from me. I mean, I said it, but I was doing other stuff too. I certainly didn’t manage the full stretch of four years. (Dylan Moran Quotes) We all know smoking is bad. I know I’m going to quit someday, if I thought I wasn’t I’d quit now. (Dylan Moran Quotes) I suppose the best comedy shows do have the rock n’ roll feeling - if it’s a great night, and the roof is raised yeah, it’s a similar feeling, sure. (Dylan Moran Quotes) Irish people give big hellos and very little goodbyes. Unless they’re female, and then they spend five hours talking in the doorway to the person that’s leaving their house. (Dylan Moran Quotes) Wow this place is really big isn’t it? They must do proper stuff here, like opera and all that...shite. (Dylan Moran Quotes) One thing that’s coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing. (Dylan Moran Quotes) Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works, because in its own way, it’s quite theatrical. (Dylan Moran Quotes) I know there’s similar dissatisfaction in America. There’s a lot of white people who come from blue collar backgrounds and who feel ill-equipped and badly served by modern economics and the modern job market. (Dylan Moran Quotes) I’ve always wanted to visit [Washington]. The Smithsonian has some fantastic archival material on blues music, which I’m really into. There’s a ton of stuff I want to do there. but it just never happened. (Dylan Moran Quotes)

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