Ade Edmondson quotes

On stage, we just want to generate hysteria. We don't care about looking cool or posing. (Ade Edmondson)
A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image. View quote
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Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart. View quote
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We only have one agenda, which is to make 'em laugh their pants off. Unless they are girls, of course, when it is to make them laugh their bras off so we can get a quick look. View quote
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You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy. View quote
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From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour. View quote
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I'm waiting for the time when I fail - because we all fail - and I'm ready, I'll take up carpentry. View quote
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Most modern comedy is crap. View quote
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I've always had a kind of visual eye, and it was a pleasant exercise for that. View quote
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There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag. View quote
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We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people. (Ade Edmondson)
I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard. View quote
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Richie and Eddie couldn't exist without each other. They're two halves of the same person. View quote
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People expect us to be different, but we're not. We're very similar people, and it's because we're so similar and close to each other that we make each other laugh - in fact we make each other laugh more than we make anyone else laugh. View quote
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We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny. View quote
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I don't claim that our TV comedies are highbrow in anyway, but I think there's a basis to them, and that's why they're more popular than other TV comedies. There's a basis of truth in them, a gut feeling. View quote
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Even though we work in the same field, we have an intense private life away from our professional lives. View quote
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It's definitely time to stop. We're getting too old. We both realised that the show wasn't as engaging as it used to be. We were starting to look a bit ridiculous. View quote
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I've never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance. View quote
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The most fun I ever have is sitting in with Rick writing, and we laugh at our own jokes. View quote
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It only works because we still amuse each other. After we have been working with other people, it is so refreshing to laugh unreservedly when we are back together again. (Ade Edmondson)

Ade Edmondson

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Photo: Shaggy359, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: English Actor
Born: January 24, 1957
Quotes count: 21

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