Allen Carr quotes

You should never meet your heroes. Paul Newman... I was so excited about meeting him, but he turned up in shell suit bottoms, slippers, and a jumper. He was just so worn out and old, he wanted to go home. (Allen Carr)
If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first minute. That first minute is crucial. View quote
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I'm just generally hugely frustrated, I'm a very, very frustrated man. I'm just a ball of pent-up frustration. View quote
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I think over there in Montreal they're a bit hardcore with the old homos. They're not that keen on them. View quote
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A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere. View quote
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I like old people falling over, that's what makes me laugh. View quote
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I hate Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare's rubbish. View quote
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I didn't really want to be a comedian. View quote
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I still get excited about meeting celebrities, because I don't think I'm a celebrity myself. View quote
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I've met Nicole Kidman, Elton John, loads of people. View quote
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I haven't really got much get up and go. I can't believe I'm on the telly. I'm so lazy. (Allen Carr)
I was quite pleased that Prince Philip didn't say anything like, I hate queers! He was quite well behaved. View quote
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I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl. View quote
Allen Carr

Allen Carr

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Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: Director
Born: May 27, 1937
Died: June 29, 1999
Quotes count: 13

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