Rolf Harris Quotes

Too much comedy is filthy these days. There's nothing they won't say. I like Jimmy Carr, but I don't like the language he uses. I don't understand why he feels it necessary; I find it extremely offensive.

I don't like swearing on the air. As a matter of fact, I'm not a prude, but... I watch HBO and some of the comedy stuff, and I'm constantly asking myself, 'Why have we gone there?' It seems like it's unfortunate. It's so cheap. It's so easy.

Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

I've always been criticised for how filthy my material is. Victoria Wood said to me once, 'I wish I was a bit ruder, like you,' and I said, 'Well, I wish I was a bit cleaner, like you.'

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.

I don't like cursing in movies. I feel like cursing has become the new hackiness. You try to find substitutions for cursing.

It's true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder.

The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And the language that they use! It's being outrageous for the sake of being outrageous. I can't watch it. It turns me off.

I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable.

My definition of cursing is probably different from what other people's definitions are.

We feel that what's too far is when you make a joke and somebody gets hurt.

I don't think there's one thing I've ever said on the radio that would have been found indecent or obscene.

I can swear like a fishwife.

I don't think people should be able to swear whenever they want. I just don't want the federal government making laws about swearing. We should trust people's own instincts about what is appropriate in any given situation.

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.

I began in an era where four-letter words were not allowed.

Certain things were deemed to be offensive. It was usually bad language.

Cussing ain't for everybody.

Don't bring your kids to my show, and I won't come to your house and cuss.

There are certain things you don't say that's disrespectful. They detract from the point you're trying to make.

I'm always interested in what is seen as obscene or profane or unfit.

Vulgarity shouldn't pass off as humour.