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Jack Dee Biography

James Andrew Innes Dee (born 29 September 1961) is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer known for his sarcasm and deadpan humour. He is well known in the United Kingdom for writing and starring in the sitcom Lead Balloon and hosting the panel show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.

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Whenever you're in any acting role you are mortgaging your own character.

Acting, Character, Mortgaging, Role, Roles

I tend not to trust people who live in very tidy houses. I know that on the surface there is nothing wrong with a person being well-ordered and disciplined. Nothing, except that it leaves the impression of that person having lived in the confines of a stark institution which, although he or she has long since left, remains within.

Confines, House, Institution, Know, Long, People

My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner.

Character, Quite, Right, Spleen, What If

I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.

Depressing, Effect, Effects, Seriously, Somehow

Mmmm. . . the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and you try to explain it to someone else and end up saying, 'You had to be there.

Air, Comedy, Funny, Matter, Matters, Trying

I have had issues with depression all my life, and it's probably true to say there was a tendency towards it even when I was very young, during my schooldays. There was often - and this is quite common with comics - a sense of not feeling as if I belonged anywhere.

Common, Depression, Feelings, Issues, Life, True

People who are pro smacking children say, 'It's the only language they understand. ' You could apply that to tourists.

Children, Funny, Language, People, Pro

One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to realize my underlying problem was not genuine alcoholism, but depression.

Alcoholism, Firsts, Six, Stopped, Walked, Years

One of my friends went on a murder weekend, now he is doing life for it.

Life, Murder, My Friends, Weekend

Well, I don't ever get excited. I haven't been excited since I got a Chopper bicycle when I was about 12. Once you get older you realise there's always a catch to everything. So when I get, say, a commission to make a TV show, the catch is that you have to deliver something and then the sense of responsibility overwhelms the joy of the occasion.

Chopper, Joy, Responsibility, Sense, Show, Tv Shows

I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.

Become, Came, Comedian, Comedy, Keen

And people are intrigued if I really am as grumpy in real life. People feel a bit let down if I'm laughing or smiling.

Down, Laughing, Life, People, Real

In many ways, not fitting in has been a comedic asset and a comedic resource.

Asset, Assets, Comedic, Fitting, Way

I don't like men who blow-dry their hair. If you are a man and you blow-dry your hair, then I don't like you and that's all there is to it.

Blow, Hair, Like, Men

Depression is something that has always figured in my life but now I'm dealing with it. I wish I'd done this years ago because it's been really helpful.

Depression, Done, Helpful, Wish, Years

If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.

Backfired, Comedian, Failed, Model, Role Models, Roles

The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes.

Attitude, Comedian, Jokes, Laughing, Performance, Whole

I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way.

Commentaries, Hoped, Light, Reading, Torch, Torches

I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.

Cooking, Curry, Mediterranean, Rustic, Takeaways, Trying

Make lots of money. Enjoy the work. Operate within the law. Choose any two of three

Enjoy, Law, Lots, Three, Two

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