Showing off seemed to me to be a highly valuable and necessary activity when I was 20.

Quote by Dylan Moran

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Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.

I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.

I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will...

I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will...

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be...

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be...

It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you...

It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you...

I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but...

I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but...

I have a very low level of recognition, which is fine by me.

I have a very low level of recognition, which is fine by me.

I don't want to do the same thing over and over again.

I don't want to do the same thing over and over again.

You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic.

You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic.

You know it's a sad day when your child looks at you and asks 'Daddy,...

You know it's a sad day when your child looks at you and asks 'Daddy,...

I don't do drugs. If I want a rush I just stand up when I'm...

I don't do drugs. If I want a rush I just stand up when I'm...

I don't really think of myself as an actor.

I don't really think of myself as an actor.

If I hadn't done this I might have ended up digging the roads.

If I hadn't done this I might have ended up digging the roads.

I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s.

I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s.

I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren't any formal application forms...

I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren't any formal application forms...

In the same way, there is some creature gnawing away inside of me, urging me...

In the same way, there is some creature gnawing away inside of me, urging me...

Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works,...

Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works,...

I never thought I want to do anything, really, except not go to work properly...

I never thought I want to do anything, really, except not go to work properly...

The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms.

The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms.

You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign...

You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign...