226 Quotes by Jo Brand

School was great. There were no boys there, which didn't really bother me at the time because I had two brothers, so I was quite pleased not to spend any more time with boys.

I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.

When I was at school you got an overall general education on many things, even just basic facts.

I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly.

My mum always felt that women deserved as much as men, and should have as much power, so I suppose I opted to go into a very male-dominated arena to try and prove that.

I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society.

I'm not really a churchy person, although I do think Jesus was a good bloke.

I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight.