Jane Horrocks Quotes

When I was a child, I was referred to as the Danny Kaye of the family, because I was always impersonating and mimicking people. I was a song and dance man.

I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so - my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn't care about being cool.

I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and lighthearted way. But I don't flatter myself to think I'm an impersonator.

A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I've always worked hard.

Imitation is the sincerest form of show business.

I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. I've got no plans to stop doing it.

I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone.

I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.

I'm really not an actor of any kind. I've always seen myself as an entertainer, someone who makes people laugh. That's all I've ever wanted to do. 'Doctor Who' has always just been me, really.

The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

I think it's funny when people, they try to imitate the 'Chandelier' video. I think it's hilarious.

I heard David Sedaris read live recently which was a complete delight. Few writers make me laugh out loud on the bus. He does.

I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.

My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.

I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice.

I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh.

My sister sometimes does a Todd Barry tribute act.

Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit.

I'm not an impersonator. I'm a lousy impersonator, actually.

Bill Hader does a really good impression of me.

One of the first comic things you do is imitate.

From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do.

My younger sister's a comedian. She has a sketch comedy group in Chicago called Schadenfreude and I look at her with such admiration and envy because it's such an amazing thing to make someone laugh.

I've been doing voices as long as I can remember. When I was little I could pick up on sounds, and then I discovered you could distort what you hear and make people laugh or disrupt a class.