Here in America, people come out to see what they’ve known you to do. In England, it’s like everyone comes out to tell you exactly how well they think you’re doing. John Oliver Read Quote
I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting into. John Oliver Read Quote
You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting. John Oliver Read Quote
I think Americans still can’t help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to do by a British accent. That’s why so many infomercials have British people. John Oliver Read Quote
The British press are a group of unremitting scumbags. And sometimes they use that scumbaggery to good ends, and often not. John Oliver Read Quote
When you’re doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain. John Oliver Read Quote
People really have come for a dialogue when they go to a stand-up show in the U.K. They say, ‘I understand that you have now finished your little comedy monologue; now I have something to say regarding what I’ve just heard. John Oliver Read Quote
