Rob Brydon: Why I Love Making People Laugh | GREAT MOMENTS
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Hello everyone, I'm Jamie Lang and this is Great Moments. Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Great Moments. Really excited for this little episode today because it's with Rob Brydon. Now, I'm a huge, huge fan of Rob Brydon. Always have been. From Gavin and Stacey to The Trip, which was Steve Coogan. It's one of my favorite shows ever. He's so good. And when he came into the studio, I was kind of like overexcited because being a fan of him, it's kind of strange to interview him. And he talks a lot about how he's always been an entertainer, always wanted to entertain, which kind of I relate to a lot. He... does his very famous small man in a box, which I try and replicate. It doesn't go as well as he can do it.
I'm not even going to try and do it again because you've got to wait for the show for that to happen. But it's an amazing episode. And if you like this little great moments, you'll love the full episode. So all you've got to do is click on the show notes and it'll take you to the full episode. Plus there are so many more episodes like this that you will enjoy. So check them all out. Okay, here we go. Enjoy this great moments with Rob Brydon. Rod, truthfully, do you think you were put on this earth to entertain?
I would never make so self-aggrandizing a statement, but it's certainly what I like to do.
What do you love about it so much? What does it do to your body, to your mind, to make you feel? That's a great question. No one's ever asked me that. Just a caveat, just for a second, I want you to... Because, Rob, I don't find you entertaining, but I know there are people who do, and I just want to understand it. Because every single situation, whenever I've met you, whether it's on a TV show or when we go for our dinners that we go for...
Or in rehab. All those times we've had to get... Sorry, if you have been to rehab, I'm sorry. I'm saying it because I'm not a rehab person.
Where we've met in rehab, all those places. But you love to make people laugh. Yeah. In such a beautiful way. And when you do What I Lied To You, and for lots of people know, there are breaks and certain things like that, that you have to reshoot something or do whatever. You even make the audience laugh.
How does Rob's small man in a box character work?
You really do. And so you have this innate ability, firstly, to entertain. So back to my question. Do you think you were put on Earth to do this? No, I'm not going to say that.
You can say it, though. Then that's a quote. I was put on this Earth. No, but I do. You're absolutely right. I do, on that very basic level, yeah, like. And sometimes it's almost a dirty word, you know, to say, oh, entertainer. I think it's very noble. And I like that. Yeah. Yeah, I do. I do. What do you love so much about it? I suppose how it makes me feel, you know, ultimately, I suppose it's a selfish thing because that's how I like to be. I like to have that interaction. Although I suppose then when sometimes I think that, you know, we have a group of friends, my wife and I, And they're the parents with three other couples who are the parents of fundamentally our 13-year-old son, our youngest. And we really hit it off with them.
And we have holidays. We hang out together. We have barbecues and stuff. And it occurs to me that, yeah, with them, I probably don't. Now and again, I will try and be funny. But generally, I sort of don't with them. I like just being, you know. Does that make sense?
Why does Rob Brydon believe he was meant to entertain?
That makes total sense. That's interesting. Because then I tell you what I had for a bit. Because I did a reality show for so long, which I don't know if you've seen it. We won a BAFTA. You haven't, but that's fine. And you know what? That's true.
Well done. What can I say? Well done. I'm still trying.
What does Rob love about making people laugh?
But I, because it was so much, it was 160 days a year we were filming, right? Shit, 160 days a year? Yeah, 160 days a year we'd film. So what would happen was that I was in this constant, like, entertainment mode all the time. So then when I was off camera, I would still feel like I needed to entertain. And so that became quite psychologically, I suppose, quite like...
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–2:13
2
How does Rob's small man in a box character work?
2:13–3:41
3
Why does Rob Brydon believe he was meant to entertain?
3:41–4:10
4
What does Rob love about making people laugh?
4:10–13:47
5
What challenges did Rob face in balancing entertainment and personal life?
13:47–15:52
Speakers
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