53 Quotes by Dominic Holland

For comics, Edinburgh makes no financial or medical sense. Get an audience; that's the first task. Once the punters are in, simply make them laugh for an hour, and then sweat on the critics.

All kids should vote - it gives them the opportunity to whinge afterwards because you can't complain if you haven't voted.

Stand-up comedy is not for the faint-hearted or the thin-skinned.

Doing stand-up is not normal. People fear public speaking above all other things, and I am no different.

I've been recognised in garages. I'll be paying for my petrol, and I'll see this guy looking at me, thinking, 'Is it him?' Then he'll be looking at my car: 'No, he couldn't be driving that car.' I've actually had two people say to me:,'Hello Dominic, I thought you might have a better car than that, mate!'

Making people laugh is the only thing I've ever done naturally.

My story is comic because I've spent vast amounts of effort trying to become a Hollywood screenwriter and made no direct effort on making my son a movie actor.

Tom has a gilded life which I have had a glimpse of. Yes, he does travel in private jets.

I just talk about the funny things in my life, and the idea is that my observations reflect the lives of my audience - so people are really laughing at themselves. This is the theory, anyway, and I am aware that in print, that it doesn't appear to be very funny. But it is, and I am definitely funny.