Quote

I'm terribly attention-seeking. It's very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can't exactly.

David Walliams

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

David Walliams
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 20
Actor
Author
Autobiographer
Comedian
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Banstead
Surrey
David Edward Williams
Exactly
Control
Though
Attention
Different
Terribly
Seeking

More quotes by David Walliams

Image
I don't know what I'll be like when I'm 60. I already have the traits of a retired gentleman.
David Walliams
Image
I think most people that do comedy write for themselves. I don't think there is any other way you can do it, really. Otherwise it would be quite cynical.
David Walliams
Image
Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so. I should know. I'm a children's writer myself.
David Walliams
Image
I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.
David Walliams
Image
I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth.
David Walliams
Image
There's something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.
David Walliams
Image
I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.
David Walliams
Image
It's easier not to make a particular joke in case it offends. But every joke will offend someone, and I've always believed that the audience is bigger than one person. The danger is that things will become bland.
David Walliams
Image
Sometimes you meet people who can't swim. And I always think: 'Oh my God, that's extraordinary.' For me, it's always been a treat I just feel really happy in the water.
David Walliams
Image
A bully can only make you feel bad about yourself if you let them.
David Walliams
Image
All you can do in this life is follow your dreams. Otherwise you're just wasting your time.
David Walliams
Image
Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.
David Walliams
Image
I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines.
David Walliams
Image
I haven't traditionally been a family entertainer.
David Walliams
Image
I am a huge fan of 'Doctor Who.'
David Walliams
Image
Writing for radio really focuses the mind, because you can't rely on thinking Oh, just pull a funny face at the end of this sketch. You've got to try to work on the words.
David Walliams
Image
I'm not a political thinker, but I've just always thought of myself as a Labour supporter. I was a great fan of Tony Blair. He sent me a letter before I swam the Channel to wish me luck.
David Walliams
Image
I haven't put much effort into my personal life and blithely believe it will turn out all right in the end.
David Walliams
Image
Definitely I love women, I love being around women, I find them incredible and intoxicating, and I've never had that feeling I get with women with a man.
David Walliams
Image
I thrive off the company of others, I love being sociable.
David Walliams