Limmy Quotes

The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered cheap, and laughter something for the lower orders. But British aristocrats didn't care a damn about what people thought of them, so they made humour acceptable.

I hate the way the English have of not being serious about being serious, I really hate it.

I like someone with a really good and dark sense of humour.

That's my family; we have a very British sense of humour, very dry.

If you want to underestimate me because I speak like a Mancunian, like the people I grew up with, then so be it at your peril.

The English take everything with an exquisite sense of humour. They are only offended if you tell them that they have no sense of humour.

It would be a sad day if we British stopped being cynical, but you sometimes wonder whether we overdo it.

I am completely attached to my roots, and therefore you will see a Pahadi touch in all my albums.

I'm a dirty south goon - damn right, I ain't no West coast gangster.

It's quite telling that the really big comedians - like John Bishop from Liverpool, Kevin Bridges from Glasgow, Peter Kay from Bolton - stand out with their strong regional accents.

I'm very proud of my Southern accent, it's part of me.

I am and feel Catalan.

Northern Irish people tend to have this sharp, dark sense of humour.

People live in their part of the Union, and if they don't travel a lot, then there is a tendency to believe that the other parts of America couldn't possibly be as American as their part. You can see it in the way people in the South scrunch up their faces when they hear words like 'New York,' 'Chicago,' and 'challah.'

As far as the industries go, in the North, they think I'm a South Indian actress; down South, I've always been thought of as a Bombay girl. I guess it's sort of an identity crisis, even though I'd like to belong to all the industries.

I bring a lot of 'y'all' up to New York with me.

Earnestness makes British people gag.

Nothing is worse than a Yankee telling a Southerner that his monuments don't matter.

I am southern - from the great state of South Carolina. They say, 'You can take the girl out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl.' And it's true.

If you cut me I bleed Birmingham. Others would say it's being a woman, but coming from Birmingham is the single most important part of my identity. I'm not always sure I feel English or British, but I always feel like a Brummie.

I love bridge-and-tunnel characters. In some respects, they have a chip on their shoulders, but they're proud of where they're from. They're fun and colorful.

I was the guy from the Jersey Shore, Springsteen country. We don't do yoga there. And we made fun of anybody who did.

I'm from Alabama. I'm not rude.

My wife is Swedish, so I'm familiar with the Scandinavian kind of odd humor. It's very dark and very deadpan.

I am a pakka South Indian at heart.