24 Quotes by Rachel Parris

And sometimes you can make your point better with comedy than you can through shouting about it.

There is almost no topic that can't benefit from being talked about in a humorous way.

I started doing improv comedy in 2007, and I think it was that that gave me the confidence to try doing stand-up!

I've been a musician and a songwriter for years, since I was a teenager, and made my living doing that on and off for a long time, so when it came to writing comedy material, it was the thing that came easiest to me, the most natural way of writing.

You gig and gig and wonder what your first Edinburgh show will be like, if people will like it, and when they do, it just feels like it validates the last few years of your life, and that you're on the right track.

I thought there would be a lot of , you know, transferable skills, from acting and comedy, but there weren't that many!

I've always read the papers but didn't feel I knew enough in the past. But doing the research and looking at newspapers and online websites gives you a 360-degree view of the news.

I'm lucky to have depression less severely than a lot of people. I know some find it useful to talk about it and people are definitely doing that more. It's becoming less stigmatised.

There's a very delicate but important contract that a Royal has with the British public and it's this: Most people don't mind paying for the Royals as long as those Royals live a miserable, thwarted existence full of horrible compromise.