A responsive crowd is great – they help you see new things in your comedy. Michael McIntyre Read Quote
I think actually performing on stage when everyone’s facing you and you’re one person facing them, that is quite a lonely thing in a strange way. You have to be quite insular from everybody else, you’ve got thousands of people staring at you and you’re just on your own. Michael McIntyre Read Quote
I can sit and write clever things, but that never quite works as well as when I’m just chatting about stupid things in the moment. Michael McIntyre Read Quote
I wanted to bat for the England cricket team. I was quite good at cricket. But then I kept getting out for low scores. It turned out I didn’t have the talent. Michael McIntyre Read Quote
I’ve heard that my father was a really funny man in company, but I never got to see that side of him. I was just 17 when he died, and he didn’t know that I was funny. Michael McIntyre Read Quote
I had some terrible times – comparatively speaking. I saddled myself with a load of debt, I wasn’t liked by a lot of my fellow comics and I used to blame other people for me not getting a break. But now I realise I just wasn’t very good. And as soon as I became good, things took off pretty quickly. Michael McIntyre Read Quote
I’m sure there are comedians who make jokes about me, but say something funny, not mean. Michael McIntyre Read Quote
