71 Quotes by Barry Humphries

He's very, very well-known. I'd say he's world-famous in Melbourne.

I'm an immensely shy and vulnerable woman. My husband has never seen me naked. Nor has he expressed the least desire to do so.

The whole point of art, aside from the aesthetic pleasure it yields, is that it provides a bridge to the past; that seductive land where we all find certainty and consolation. Nothing quite spans this gulf with such immediacy as the art of popular song.

There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.

I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.

I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.I put my family last. Because if you don't, if you put them first, they never thank you. You'll never get a word of thanks from them.

Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.

If you can't laugh at yourself, you may be missing the colossal joke of the century.

I like people who are slightly unhygienic. A little grubbiness isn't so bad. BO chic it should be called.