Before I had my heart problem, if I was asked to do something I would look through a mental file looking for reasons why I could say no. Bob Mortimer Read Quote
I hate dinner parties, you know, can’t stand them. Friends don’t bother inviting me any more, because they know I won’t come. I could never think of anything to say between courses – it’s a confidence thing, I suppose. Bob Mortimer Read Quote
I saw Alan Davies on a show from the London Palladium and he did a nice routine about having kids or whatever. I couldn’t do that. Bob Mortimer Read Quote
I thought I had a chest infection and went to the doctor – five days later I was under the knife. It came completely out of the blue. My arteries were 95% blocked. Bob Mortimer Read Quote
Rheumatoid arthritis generally happens when your immune system attacks your joints, but I’ve had it attack my iris. Bob Mortimer Read Quote
I was so young when my dad died that I didn’t think it had affected me. I had such tiny memories of him, just little glimpses, I thought I had been unaffected. But then I realised, somewhere in my late 40s I think, that probably the defining thing in my whole life was losing my dad. Bob Mortimer Read Quote
I’m not a fan of stand-up comedy, personally. But some of them are incredibly skilled. Bob Mortimer Read Quote
You know the thing I liked about fishing when I was 14 was being out with your mates mucking about, throwing bread around, getting a bit wet maybe. Bob Mortimer Read Quote
I worked in a chicken factory, in a steel foundry, I worked on the bins for a year or so. It started as a summer job, but I stayed on because I liked it very much. I liked it that it made you very fit, doing all the lifting and that, so I could wear short-sleeved t-shirts, which I’d never been able to do before! Bob Mortimer Read Quote
I come from an era when if you are told that you need a triple heart bypass it sounds pretty terminal. But I think it’s quite a normal operation these days. Bob Mortimer Read Quote
