99 Quotes by Bob Mortimer

We miss 'House of Fools' a lot. It felt a bit like a different and fresh show for British TV.

It's like cooks don't watch cooking programmes - I suppose maybe comedians don't watch comedy shows.

When we first did 'Big Night Out,' there was no chance of someone doing a little show in a pub then being on telly. There was a little Oxbridge route in and an old-fashioned variety route.

Darts is bad.

Funnily enough, 'Shooting Stars,' that stupid little panel show, is the most influential thing we've done.

There are quite detailed rules with sitcom. When people can leave scenes, act structure, joke rhythm. You can't not have a straight man.

A lot of comedians want people to listen to them. I don't think we've ever been that bothered about whether people would want to listen to us.

We've ignored audiences all these years. We've just amused ourselves and hoped enough people would want to eavesdrop to make it all viable.

In broadcasting, there's a lot of longevity offered to people like Griff Rhys Jones and Stephen Fry, who are polymaths more than comics. We're comics first and foremost.