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I think being successful in comedy is being funny and making jokes - anything beyond that is the icing on the cake.

Jimmy Carr

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Jimmy Carr
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 15
Comedian
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Stand-Up Comedian
Television Presenter
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James Anthony Patrick Carr
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I like to write a joke without any fat on it.The shorter the better. I cater for people with ADD, basically.
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Yes, I have this crazy honk of a laugh.
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I had a survey done on my house. 8 out of 10 people said they really rather liked it
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I love those people who do story-telling and who ramble on, but I don't do that, I tell jokes - the sort of jokes that anyone really could tell in the pub.
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I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog's just gone to live on the farm, is limiting. Thoughts like that prevent you from making the most of the time that you have.
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But what's true about comedians is that we've all got a huge hole in our personality. In a room of 3,000 people, we're the one person facing in the opposite direction - yet we have this overwhelming desire to be liked.
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When I was a kid I had an imaginary friend and I used to think that he went everywhere with me, and that I could talk to him and that he could hear me, and that he could grant me wishes and stuff. And then I grew up, and I stopped going to church.
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My mum told me the best time to ask my dad for anything was during sex. Not the best advice I'd ever been given. I burst in through the bedroom door saying Can I have a new bike?. He was very upset. His secretary was surprisingly nice about it. I got the bike.
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You never want to be the grumpy guy, although I do have quite a grumpy face.
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Cats have nine lives. Makes them ideal for experimentation.
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The bigger the audience, the better with comedy.
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There was one time where I failed to perform sexually. My girlfriend said to me oh don't worry, it happens to a lot of guys. Ok, there are two things wrong with that. First of all who are these other guys?, and second of all if it's happening to more than one of us, don't you think it could be YOUR fault?
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After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show instead.
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A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true.
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Put Smarties tubes on cats legs, make them walk like a robot.
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The 2012 Olympics is going to cost £8 billion which is a lot of money. It'll probably bankrupt London. But you can't put a price on two bronze medals in cycling.
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My dad's dying wish was to have his family around him. I can't help thinking he would have been better off with more oxygen.
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British scientists have demonstrated that cigarettes can harm your children. Fair enough. Use an ashtray!
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Viagra has instructions: 'Keep away from children' - what kind of man do you think I am?
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I did a gig in the U.S. once for the homeless. I said 'It's nice to see so many bums on seats.'
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