Eddie Izzard Quotes

People think I'm smarter than I am.

I'm not like a high intellectual.

I'm really not a big rereader - I'm too aware of my own ignorance.

Some people are amazed at my brain, but really it's nothing.

He stared at his feet. “I’m still very ignorant,” he said, “but at least I’m ignorant about really important things.

Shakespeare I love, but for an English graduate, I'm incredibly badly read.

I'm not even the coolest one of my friends. I'm just the guy who sat down and wrote everything down. Like I know plenty of people who do crazier stuff than I do.

Self-seeking, self-glory, that is not me. No. Many people say I embarrass them with my humility.

Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.

I don't know how it is...but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not.

People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.

It is superfluous to be humble on one's own behalf; so many people are willing to do it for one.

My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born, and that is all that is necessary.

You must not on any account give me credit for being penetrating. I have impressed people that way before, and the result is always disaster.

My girlfriend just told me I am one of the smartest people she knows. I told her, You need to meet other people.

I don't really consider myself one of those superstars. I just consider myself a guy that was lucky enough to win the athletic lottery many times over.

Oh, I'm just Ego's assistant. It's not anything big.

I've always at least tried to be self-deprecating when I say anything about myself. As long as you set the bar low, it will keep people from putting you on a pedestal, so they can't knock you off.

Indeed, moderation is my middle name (though I do not often use it in signing legal documents)

The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.

I'm not the guy who wins awards and gets mentioned in magazines.

People say to me, "You make fantastic films" and I say, "No, I make documentaries.

It's the same with this idea of a literate public, and also of a democracy in which people have access to and really read the best books. It turns out that even when you create this kind of environment, maybe only 10 percent of the people want to read those books.

I perfected the art of being uninteresting.

I’m not, like, that smart.