52 Quotes by Hugh Dennis

In the old days, you had to wait for people to give you money to go and make something. Now, you can post your own sketches online to get them seen. It means more talented people are coming through.

When I had a proper job, I used to go every lunchtime to the Wallace Collection in London to look at the Fragonard pictures of large women on swings. They made me laugh.

Comedians can't afford to get too comfortable; we need something to rail against.

Everyone's careers go at different paces; you need to forget what other people are doing and concentrate on your own progress.

I know Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin of old, having worked with them for many years on 'Outnumbered.'

Sometimes I do think that politicians are only in it for themselves, but actually as Ive got older Ive started to feel less cynical about them.

I was a brand manager for four years and it was good fun.

I think youve got to work out what makes you happy. With me, its that I do lots of different things. So Ive got this rather odd career whereby Im not really a stand-up and Im not really an actor and Im not really a writer. But I do them all.

Ive always done accents and stupid voices. But I went to school in Hampstead, where most of my mates were Jewish, and Jewish North London humour is so clever that I never thought I was funny.