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There's a thing about trying too hard, which I think is in all forms, which is if you really try to do things really well, you can get to a less good place than if you just let go and let it fly. Especially in creativity.

Eddie Izzard

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Eddie Izzard
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 7
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It's a historical thing, up to the 19th century the English hated the French. Then in the 20th century the English started to hate the Germans - as we began to move alphabetically through the map of the world. Now, the year 2000, we are fine with the Germans... but the Hungarians are pissing us off.
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And the National Rifle Association says that, Guns don't kill people, people do, but I think the gun helps, you know? I think it helps. I just think just standing there going, Bang! That's not going to kill too many people, is it? You'd have to be really dodgy on the heart to have that.
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When I watched Braveheart I was in tears and I was rooting for the Scottish people
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When I was seven, I said, I want to act. When I was 10, I realized that films exist, and I wanted to be in them. Not a comedian, I wanted to be a dramatic actor. Films just seemed such fun, and like such a great thing to do.
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The Death Star is just full of British actors opening doors and going,Oh... I... oh... What is it Lieutenant Sebastian? It's just the Rebels, sir... they're here. My God, man! Do they want tea? No, I think they're after something a bit more than that, sir. I don't know what it is, but they've brought a flag. Damn, that's dash cunning of them.
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If you can be your own force of nature and have a positive heart, then you can actually do something good in the world.
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If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.
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When you're coming out, you have to deal with the whole world saying 'Oh! You're an abominable snowman'.
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Spiders frighten me. In response to the spider alerts for Australia, please can the Australian government remove all spiders from Australia and blow them into outer space.
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I am someone who's very positive about business, as a social Democrat. I do like the safety net of the welfare system and people setting things and creating business, and that's what I try to do with my own work: export it around the world from the U.K.
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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You have the American dream! The dream is to be born in a gutter and grow up, and then get all the money in the world and stick it in your ears and go THBBBBBT.
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Poetry is very similar to music, only less notes and more words.
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I don't subscribe to the theory that all politicians are crap. I think the 'cool people' often take that position.
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Scrabble was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia.
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I'm a dyslexic person, so I avoid books.
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