61 Quotes by Jack Dee

I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long – I didn’t function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.

Make lots of money. Enjoy the work. Operate within the law. Choose any two of three.

I have had issues with depression all my life, and it’s probably true to say there was a tendency towards it even when I was very young, during my schooldays. There was often – and this is quite common with comics – a sense of not feeling as if I belonged anywhere.

If I’ve inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it’s really backfired very badly on me.

Whenever you’re in any acting role you are mortgaging your own character.

If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all.

The good thing about 'Have I Got News For You' is it's a compact show but it still gives everyone space to breathe, and everyone always gets a chance to say something if they want to. It's a very difficult show to dominate, and guests who come on and dominate always fall foul.

I don't think anyone's particularly conscious of thinking suits are the thing, but when you see a comedian on stage in jeans and a t-shirt it doesn't matter how good they are - it always looks like amateur hour when they walk onto the stage.

One of my friends went on a murder weekend... now he is doing life for it.