I think comedy can be a way of sugar-coating a pill that needs to be taken, and whatever I complain about onstage, I hope I justify the negativity by using humour to make the point. Jon Richardson Read Quote
I certainly tried to talk about less complex things, but I’ve had to accept that it’s just not what I do. That isn’t to say that my shows are depressing – they aren’t. At least, I hope they aren’t! The problem I have with stories about happy things is that they don’t require any skill from a comic – they just repeat the details verbatim. Jon Richardson Read Quote
My wife’s biggest fear is air pollution, living in London as we do. She’s convinced that’s the big problem. And my own is sink holes and the inevitability of us all, at some point, collapsing into a sink hole and never being seen again. Jon Richardson Read Quote
I accept you can’t achieve perfection all the time, but you can achieve perfection of intent, maybe. I don’t think you can go into a relationship with anything other than the intention of it being perfect. Jon Richardson Read Quote
I always mention stacking the dishwasher – any opportunity. But it’s the consequences – it’s the food poisoning and the potential death that will come with not loading the dishwasher properly. Jon Richardson Read Quote
A ‘nidiot’ is something different from an idiot. An idiot is someone whose problems are caused by not concentrating enough. A ‘nidiot’ is someone who makes his life more complicated by thinking too much rather than not enough. I’m not an idiot, but I’m definitely a ‘nidiot’! Jon Richardson Read Quote
I think a pessimist is just an optimist who has had their heart repeatedly broken. Jon Richardson Read Quote
Somewhat naively, I entered the BBC’s ‘New Talent Competition,’ believing it was for people who had never tried comedy before. I remember sitting in the dressing room before the show and hearing the other acts – who all knew one another – talking to Rhod Gilbert about how he must be about ready to go ‘full-time’ as a comic. Jon Richardson Read Quote
I got shingles on the day of the EU referendum. It’s good to see that my stress has got worse as I’ve got older and that now there is a physical element to it! Jon Richardson Read Quote
In reality, as a comedian, you’re successful because you’re funny, and you should be able to be funny about anything. Jon Richardson Read Quote