My first gigs were at university: I’d dress up as Jesus, jump off a cross and dance to a Mick Jagger song. I don’t know if it was funny or not, but it was a start. Noel Fielding Read Quote
I started writing sketches when I was 13. I liked Vic Reeves, Fry and Laurie, and Paul Merton, and I thought you could just send sketches to the BBC, and they’d go, ‘Great. We’ll put these on telly.’ But I gradually realised that you either had to go to university and join a club, or do standup. Noel Fielding Read Quote
The film-maker Alejandro Jodorowsky – his films are hard to watch – they’re so dense and rich – but they’re probably the best things ever made. And Spike Milligan, who was light years ahead of the rest – I played some of his stuff to Jack Black once. He’d never heard of him, so watching him listen to Spike for the first time was just hilarious. Noel Fielding Read Quote
When people come to see you, they know what you do. That’s what they want. They want it to be quite English; they don’t want to watch an English bloke trying to fit in. They want it to be quintessentially English in the way that Ricky Gervais is rude to people at the Golden Globes. Noel Fielding Read Quote
I always had a sort of niggling regret that we didn’t come do stuff in America. Noel Fielding Read Quote
I’d rather do smaller theaters, because it’s more fun for the audience and more fun for me. I like to build up demand. Noel Fielding Read Quote
There’s a little pond near my house, and I see two swans there all the time who are obviously in love. But they look like the same bird, so I don’t know if they’re male or female, but they’re definitely in love. Noel Fielding Read Quote
I was in a band with a boy who was quite androgynous and a bit bisexual, and we used to play up to that a little bit to be provocative in a theatrical way, but I guess you either are or aren’t. Noel Fielding Read Quote
I make an all right Bowie. Actually, I look more like Cilla Black with that wig. Noel Fielding Read Quote
I actually went to Wimbledon, and David Attenborough was sat in the row in front of me, and I thought that was quite amazing. That’s insane, isn’t it? He’s, like, a proper person. Noel Fielding Read Quote
