235 Quotes by Bill Bailey

Doing comedy around the world is a way of finding out how people tick.

If you really push yourself you can perhaps achieve something you didn't think you could.

I did a show in this tiny town called Longyearbyen. We went snowmobiling around Svalbard and saw Arctic foxes, snow bunting, polar bear footprints and almost got lost in a blizzard.

Comedy can be quite all consuming at times, and if you're not careful you end up doing a tour, then a DVD, then another tour then a DVD. Suddenly the years have just flown by.

Melbourne has great eateries and you can go birdwatching.

Having a break from comedy is quite good.

Riding a horse and using a phone camera is tricky but if you don't take pictures or record the moment, you lose it. You want to have a record of it.

The point with me is that it's always been, even with the stand-up, that the music has to be right. You have to take it seriously. You have to try and play it as faithfully as possible. That way it helps the comedy. Rather than just playing it in a silly way.

I hate all those celebrity sculptures like Tussauds, where everyone is dressed in spangly suits and they are all smiling.