273 Quotes by Eddie Izzard



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    The bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of drama is to be truthful. You can be truthful and funny, but if you're not truthful in a drama than the audience leaves you.

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    The National Rifle Association says, 'Guns don't kill people. People do'. But I think the gun helps.

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    Your eyes flashed fire into my soul. I immediately read the words of Dostoyevsky and Karl Marx, and in the words of Albert Schweitzer, I FANCY YOU!

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    If you get too well-known in comedy, I do believe it blocks people from taking you in drama.

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    We have two hundred languages in Europe. Two hundred languages! Count them! I know you won't!

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    If you're choking in a restaurant you can just say the magic words, 'Heimlich maneuver,' and all will be well. Trouble is, it's difficult to say 'Heimlich maneuver' when you're choking to death.

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    Because we all know one of the main factors of war is the element of surprise. And what could be more surprising than the First Batallion Transvestite Brigade? Airborne Wing.

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