101 Quotes by Sara Pascoe

I thought all comedy was stupid. I went to watch a friend do stand-up and I thought absolutely everyone was terrible.

Since I was really small, my mum says I wouldn't talk at breakfast because I would just read the back of the cereal packet.

I wanted the audience to write stories and then read them out if they wanted to. It's always the best part of the show because people are so imaginative.

I used to steal from the library, which is a crime and it's bad, but I just couldn't get enough books, and I also didn't like to give them back once I'd read them. I just read everything.

When I was at university, I did essays on political theatre. And it was really frustrating that the ideas weren't reaching the people they were talking about. Standup is the one place where you are talking to every level of society.

The love of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy is reliant on the restrictions of Regency culture, their passion is created by repression.

Call centres employ mainly out-of-work actors because vocal skills plus low self-esteem equals reliable cold caller.

I didn't watch TV in the 90s and early 00s. I was too busy trying to grow out a fringe and perm.

I always get nervous before a gig, so I look over my writing, trying not to fantasise about all the things that could go horribly wrong.