235 Quotes by Bill Bailey

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    I had this plan that David Byrne was going to come through the West Country one day, think, 'Who's that guy?' and ask me to go on tour with them.

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    I was always part of the end-of-term review at school. We would mercilessly mock any slight weakness in the teachers.

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    Comedy is an indoors thing, so I take every opportunity to go outside. A lot of that involves finding places that are remote, or places where you can look at birds, or do mountain biking or paddle boarding or walking.

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    When you say 'Hello Wembley!' you're not just saying hello to a large shed. You're saying, 'Hello, I'm following all the greats that have played here before.'

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    I don't like labels. I have always fought against that as a stand-up.

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    I was asked to perform at the Olympics Opening Ceremony. But I was up a tree in Borneo filming a documentary about Alfred Russel Wallace! So it couldn't be done.

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    I used to live on a houseboat near Hammersmith Bridge.

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    When the sun shines in Britain there's no finer place on Earth.

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