British - Comedian | July 9, 1957 -
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
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I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.
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I really don't take any interest at all in contemporary comedy.
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I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place.
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I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour.
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I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian.
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When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations.
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In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it.
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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.
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All disc jockeys are without talent. Noel Edmonds - I can't stand Noel Edmonds.
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In 1986, I was attacked in the street as I helped Neil Mullarkey from the Comedy Store Players to put up posters. We were in the wrong place at the wrong time - midnight - and we were English. I got kicked in the head.
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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.
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