Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

Quote by Dick Cavett

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To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction...

I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction...

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling...

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling...

As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.

As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.

I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either

It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic...

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic...

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by -...

The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by -...

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away...

I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away...

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a...

Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a...

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

All books can be indecent books, though recent books are bolder. For filth, I'm glad...

All books can be indecent books, though recent books are bolder. For filth, I'm glad...

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films...

Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films...

Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People...

Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People...