Ricky Gervais
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And by the end, you've got a perfect thing that works every night to everyone around the world because it's tried and tested. They've chosen it for you. So that's slightly different. So what you don't want with stand-up is an audience to feel sorry for you because you haven't got time. You don't want that. No, you don't want that. No, because it's the purest desire.
And by the end, you've got a perfect thing that works every night to everyone around the world because it's tried and tested. They've chosen it for you. So that's slightly different. So what you don't want with stand-up is an audience to feel sorry for you because you haven't got time. You don't want that. No, you don't want that. No, because it's the purest desire.
Because jokes are more of an intellectual pursuit. You don't really need a context for jokes. Again, because they work or they don't. A joke can sort of work on the page. You can read a joke and it still works. You don't need someone telling it. Obviously, you add to that. I think my favorite stand-ups do add to that. They've got a context. They build character.
Because jokes are more of an intellectual pursuit. You don't really need a context for jokes. Again, because they work or they don't. A joke can sort of work on the page. You can read a joke and it still works. You don't need someone telling it. Obviously, you add to that. I think my favorite stand-ups do add to that. They've got a context. They build character.
Because jokes are more of an intellectual pursuit. You don't really need a context for jokes. Again, because they work or they don't. A joke can sort of work on the page. You can read a joke and it still works. You don't need someone telling it. Obviously, you add to that. I think my favorite stand-ups do add to that. They've got a context. They build character.
Well, that's just because it's another character and you commit to it. And that evolves as well.
Well, that's just because it's another character and you commit to it. And that evolves as well.
Well, that's just because it's another character and you commit to it. And that evolves as well.
No, but you can because, like, by the time humanity came around, I'd sort of hit that sweet spot where the audience had known me for 15 years. So they knew what I was doing. They knew the irony. They understood the nuance without me having to explain it. So I could come out and hit the ground running. The important thing is this. Behind the scenes, right, I think with particularly stand-up is...
No, but you can because, like, by the time humanity came around, I'd sort of hit that sweet spot where the audience had known me for 15 years. So they knew what I was doing. They knew the irony. They understood the nuance without me having to explain it. So I could come out and hit the ground running. The important thing is this. Behind the scenes, right, I think with particularly stand-up is...
No, but you can because, like, by the time humanity came around, I'd sort of hit that sweet spot where the audience had known me for 15 years. So they knew what I was doing. They knew the irony. They understood the nuance without me having to explain it. So I could come out and hit the ground running. The important thing is this. Behind the scenes, right, I think with particularly stand-up is...
Traditionally, it's a low status thing. We're a court jester. We go out there with the other peasants and we tease the king, okay? And everyone knows what comedians earn these days. So I can't really go out there and pretend to be struggling, right? I think that would be nauseating and dishonest.
Traditionally, it's a low status thing. We're a court jester. We go out there with the other peasants and we tease the king, okay? And everyone knows what comedians earn these days. So I can't really go out there and pretend to be struggling, right? I think that would be nauseating and dishonest.
Traditionally, it's a low status thing. We're a court jester. We go out there with the other peasants and we tease the king, okay? And everyone knows what comedians earn these days. So I can't really go out there and pretend to be struggling, right? I think that would be nauseating and dishonest.
Yeah. So I keep my low status in two ways. One, I invite them behind the curtain. I say, what, you think it's plain sailing, do you, being rich? Well, look what happened to me when I met so-and-so, or first time I took a private jet, they thought I was the cook. So I do all that, right? And the other way I do it is I talk about things where I'm worse off than them.
Yeah. So I keep my low status in two ways. One, I invite them behind the curtain. I say, what, you think it's plain sailing, do you, being rich? Well, look what happened to me when I met so-and-so, or first time I took a private jet, they thought I was the cook. So I do all that, right? And the other way I do it is I talk about things where I'm worse off than them.
Yeah. So I keep my low status in two ways. One, I invite them behind the curtain. I say, what, you think it's plain sailing, do you, being rich? Well, look what happened to me when I met so-and-so, or first time I took a private jet, they thought I was the cook. So I do all that, right? And the other way I do it is I talk about things where I'm worse off than them.