I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn’t? Paul Merton Read Quote
The thing about improvisation is that it’s not about what you say. It’s listening to what other people say. It’s about what you hear. Paul Merton Read Quote
On my first day in New York a guy asked me if I knew where Central Park was. When I told him I didn’t he said, ‘Do you mind if I mug you here?’. Paul Merton Read Quote
I was trying to organise my DVDs into a sort of chronological order, and I am afraid that it all trailed off after the Sixties. Paul Merton Read Quote
All disc jockeys are without talent. Noel Edmonds – I can’t stand Noel Edmonds. Paul Merton Read Quote
I don’t always vote in general elections, but I think I’ve always voted Labour. Paul Merton Read Quote
Maybe there’s a perception of me as grumpy old bugger who suffers from depression. It’s a total misconception. I don’t think of myself as any grumpier than the next person. I’m not even grumpy first thing in the morning. Paul Merton Read Quote
Beginning with a trip out to Ellis Island, I saw for myself where thousands of European immigrants took their first steps onto American soil, bringing with them nothing but their ambition: people such as Erich von Stroheim and Adolph Zukor. Paul Merton Read Quote
It was a bizarre existence I led in my early twenties – that cliche of the comedian who goes out and entertains a roomful of people and then goes home to a lonely bedsit was unbelievably poignant for me because that was exactly what I was doing. I had periods of real loneliness. Paul Merton Read Quote
It seems like a contradiction, but the shy person who is a performer actually does make sense, because in a way, when you’re young and shy, making people laugh is a good way to make friends. It’s an instant connection. Paul Merton Read Quote
