Gemma Collins Quotes

The comics that are just conversing with you up there and drawing on their own life, yeah, I guess so. I guess some do political humor, some do topical humor, but the ones that I like, the ones that are appealing to me, were guys who were just talking to you about their life.

I'd like a bit of a crack at some kind of anarchic comedy, but whether or not I'm skillful enough at it all, we'll see.

Well, Howard Stern has been doing his impression of me for years. It doesn't really bother me.

He was a very private person, but then, you know, he belonged to the whole United States. The United States thought they owned Johnny Carson.

I always just wanted to be a cheesy guy on television.

'Billy On The Street' has no doubt always been about the people we talk to. That being said, it thrills me that the show really has a dedicated following in the comedy world.

I'm very fond of Amy Schumer. I think she's terrific, an enormous talent.

Dave Chappelle - he's one of my favorite icons. I can't think of anyone who's funnier.

The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our society.

I promise that if there was no Hillary Clinton, there would still be a 'Commander in Chief' - I want to have a hit show that people enjoy, and really, that's it.

Until you get left for Mr. Bean, you don't realise how frequently he pops up. There's a shop two streets from my house that sells masks of his face. There's nowhere where I'm going to go that he's not there.

Charlie Chaplin was known to be an acrimonious person. Not that I compare myself to him but I am quite brusque, too.

I love Keith Lemon. I love Holly Willoughby.

I am obsessed by Kim Kardashian; I do try to find out what Kim's up to.

That's what Letterman did. He mocked everything and everyone in show business, even though he was at the top of show business. He was in it but not really of it, and that's one thing I came to love about him. I mean, you can't sit there and interview Cher and pretend you're not in show business, but he managed to pull it off somehow.

If I'm going to be completely honest, I did not get the appeal of IFC's 'Portlandia' initially.

I want to see good-quality comedy shows, not the slapstick ones or where people imitate others.

I've just got a really sick sense of humour that's separate from reality.

My father has been a major force in the popular culture for a long, long time. He's a fascinating person.

I think this whole celebrity world is weird anyway. Weird and funny and kind of pathetic and yet so right for parody.

[Donald] Trump likes celebrities; he is one.

You're on CNN. The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls. What is wrong with you?

You can see with the proliferation of magazines, you know, that just focus entirely on that. So it just - it seems like there (was) a lot of fodder and a lot of stories and fun things to poke fun at and highlight.

British humour is very cruel. It's my favourite kind of humour; if it isn't cruel and funny it doesn't really cut the cake for me.

What I say is stupid. Who takes a comedian seriously? I'm doing sophisticated knock-knock jokes.