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Jo Brand is a British actress and comedian, born on July 23, 1957. Known for her unique sense of humor and satirical comedy, she has starred or appeared as a guest in various television shows, including 'The Fast Show' and 'Jo Brand's Christmas Party'. Brand's career spans across theater, film, and television.

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“I'm not really a churchy person, although I do think Jesus was a good bloke.”

Thinking Persons Jesus Blokes

Author:Jo Brand

“I think there's a danger that we're moving towards a state where the people we are expected to admire are almost not human anymore, and I don't like that. I prefer it when someone looks like a nice person, and you think, 'I could have a laugh with them in the pub.'”

People Thinking Humans Looks Persons States Moving Laughing Nice Danger Expected Admire Pubs Nice Person Have A Laugh

Author:Jo Brand

“I think a lot of women are incredibly tough and they're just really admirable. Especially the way that, given what they've got, they just manage to carry on.”

Thinking Way Given Tough Manage Admirable

Author:Jo Brand

“I think people tend to believe that women who are successful are probably neglecting their children, possibly a bit hard-nosed and that they don't really support other women very much - that they're men-haters and ball-breakers. I've certainly been on the receiving end of those 'compliments' for most of my career.”

People Thinking Men Believe Children Ends Hard Bits Careers Support Successful Balls Neglect Compliment Receiving Man Hater

Author:Jo Brand

“For a long time, people assumed I was gay, so when I got married the press were all a bit shocked and made a big deal of it - and ditto when I had children. I felt very much under the microscope with paps outside the house taking pictures of me getting the baby out of the car, it was excruciating. I remember getting her out of the car seat and thinking 'oh God I'm going to drop her and they're going to take a picture'. I was so nervous. Those sorts of things are really hard.”

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Author:Jo Brand

“I think it's so easy when you have children just to turn your focus inward on your family and because, when they're young, you don't sleep very much, you're walking around like a zombie most of the time anyway. It's a really important part of my life to have good friends, you have to work quite hard to keep the relationships going but it's worth it.”

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Author:Jo Brand

“I think I'd concentrate on young women - particularly girls at school - and I would try and build into school curriculums much more education about relationships and how girls (and boys) can handle them: stuff about consent and that sort of thing.”

Thinking Trying School Young Girl Stuff Boys Handle Young Women Consent Curriculum Boy And Girl School Curriculum

Author:Jo Brand

“Everyone in comedy thinks if you go to the U.S. you become a global star but, unfortunately, I've always been a bit anti-American - so I never did.”

Ifs Thinking Stars Bits Comedy Anti-american

Author:Jo Brand

“I never think, 'Where am I going to be in a year's time?' That seems to be a sure way of missing the fact that you might be quite happy now.”

Thinking Way Years Facts Seems Might Missing

Author:Jo Brand

“I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.”

Ifs Thinking Writing Persons Difficult

Author:Jo Brand

“I think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others.”

Thinking Self States Self Esteem Esteem Fixed Fluid

Author:Jo Brand

“I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes.”

People Thinking Purpose Sides Performances Ramp

Author:Jo Brand

“I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do.”

Thinking Humour Keys Amount Fairs Attributes Speakers

Author:Jo Brand

“I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly.”

Thinking Done Stuff Audience Populist

Author:Jo Brand

“I was always being called upon to be an honorary boy alongside my brothers. I don't think I'd be a comic now if it hadn't been for that.”

Ifs Thinking Boys Brother Comic My Brother Honorary

Author:Jo Brand

“I've always liked to think I could do anything I wished as well as - if not better than - a man. But I wasn't very good at rally driving.”

Ifs Thinking Men Wells Very Good Driving

Author:Jo Brand

“No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they think it.”

Thinking Knows Children Rude Having Children

Author:Jo Brand

“The funny thing is, I don't actually think of myself as fat at all. I don't think I am. Not really.”

Thinking Fats Funny Things

Author:Jo Brand

“There are lots of people who believe that caricature of me the tabloids created, so they think they don't like me.”

People Thinking Believe Like Me Tabloids Caricatures Don't Like Me

Author:Jo Brand

“I don't know really, it doesn't feel like it has changed to me but I think to have to move with the times. Try out different areas and not get stuck in 1978.”

Thinking Knows Feels Trying Different Moving Changed Areas Stuck

Author:Jo Brand

“I like reading, I like boring things, and yet I think people for ages had this image of me that I was on the tube with a chainsaw looking for any likely candidate.”

People Thinking Age Reading Boring Candidates Tubes Chainsaw Boring Things

Author:Jo Brand

“I love everything about books. I love the content, the way they look and even the lovely way they smell. I think a book collection says something about you as a person, and certainly my books are something I'd want to pass on for future generations.”

Thinking Way Want Looks Persons Book Generations Smell Lovely Collections Future Generation

Author:Jo Brand

“I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful side is doing a good job, which is what I hope I'm doing.”

People Thinking World Jobs Bits Sides Add Optimistic Miserable Cheerful Good Job

Author:Jo Brand

“I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of myself as the Ross Kemp of comedy. He's very good in 'East Enders' because he plays a version of himself. I think I can play a version of myself - that's about all I can do.”

Thinking Kind I Can Play Actors Can Do Comedy Very Good East Versions Continuum Ender

Author:Jo Brand

“I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that it's perfectly acceptable to make a comment on your appearance when they don't even know you.”

People Thinking Knows Years Feelings Comedy Appearance Bitterness Comment Acceptable Hecklers

Author:Jo Brand

“There have been some very extreme hecklers in audiences whose bile was so hateful and so meant that it would be a bit frightening to think that all I'm doing is jokes and yet someone hates me that much.”

Thinking Has Beens Would Be Hate Bits Audience Jokes Extremes Frightening Hateful Hate Me Hecklers

Author:Jo Brand

“There's a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used to be. I think it's easier than it was but underlying it all there is still a pretty sexist view of women on stage, which to me hasn't changed that much.”

Thinking Stills Used Views Comedy Stage Changed Easier Used To Be Relaxed Sexist

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“Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not that that they are particularly stand-up I have to say, but I think they have been great for women and they are of themselves just incredibly funny whether they are male or female.”

Thinking Has Beens Bigs Funny Fans Female Males

Author:Jo Brand

“You don't really see ugly people that are old, or a bit grotty and smelly, in the media. If a Martian came down, they would think we were all tall, thin, attractive and wealthy.”

People Ifs Thinking Bits Media Ugly Attractive Wealthy Tall Martians Smelly Ugly People

Author:Jo Brand

“I think it's really important to be kind, especially to people whose lives are grim - I try hard to cheer people up in as many ways as I can - if all else fails - I tell 'em a joke!”

People Ifs Thinking Way Trying Kind I Can Important Hard Failing Jokes Ems Be Kind Cheer Grim

Author:Jo Brand

About the Author

Born: July 23, 1957
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 195

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