No one wants life to end. It was bad enough when my last tour came to an end. Marcus Brigstocke Read Quote
There are a lot of comics at the top end making staggering amounts of money and selling out stadiums. I think stand-up is a more intimate thing than that. Maybe because of the kind of comedy I do. It’s like a discussion, but I’m the one with the microphone. Marcus Brigstocke Read Quote
I am not racked with self-loathing. Some issues of guilt and shame, but I’m a pretty good guy. Marcus Brigstocke Read Quote
All my shows are therapy, trying to navigate interesting subjects so I can work them out and to be honest and say some things are beyond the wit of this man. Marcus Brigstocke Read Quote
I find myself by default an atheist but fairly unhappily so. It would be bloody marvelous if there was a god. Marcus Brigstocke Read Quote
I think Ross Noble is the only person that I’ve seen really storm a stand-up slot at a festival, and that was when he led 3,000 people on a conga out of the tent and across the entire site to a vegetarian food truck. Marcus Brigstocke Read Quote
I find it hard to get enthusiastic about hotels because, as a touring comic, I spend a lot of time in them. Marcus Brigstocke Read Quote
Offence is important; that’s how you know you care about things. Imagine a life where you’re not offended. So dull. Marcus Brigstocke Read Quote