Alexei Sayle
Alexei Sayle
Alexei David Sayleis an English stand-up comedian, actor, author and former recording artist. He was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007. In the updated 2010 poll he came 72nd...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth7 August 1952
america president different
If you travel to the States... they have a lot of different words than like what we use. For instance: they say 'elevator', we say 'lift'; they say 'drapes', we say 'curtains'; they say 'president', we say 'seriously deranged git.'
israel states nations
Israel is the Jimmy Saville of nation states,
hate dark views
There's a part of me that still hates everything, and my natural view default setting is still very cynical and dark
play sick tvs
Now, as a comic, if you're vaguely amusing you can go straight into TV, then you play the O2 and then everyone's sick of you.
brother stupid arms
Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like ""Brothers in Arms"" and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git.
way being-a-woman my-friends
Most of my friends are women - I quite fancied being a woman in a way.
mean necks forget
I'm sure a psychologist would see something highly significant in how absent-minded I am. I mean I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to my neck by muscles, ligaments and my esophagus.
careers comedy easier
It seems easier to make a career out of comedy now than it was in the 1980s.
character age stuff
I liked 35 and in both my novels that is the age of the lead characters. I tried making them my age but they just seemed to keep moaning about stuff.
pique ifs
If someone starts agreeing with me, I don't like it. Out of pique, I become something else.
dog opportunity bones
Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.
writing years challenges
I did six series for the BBC and that was enough. I've been writing for ten years, which is more challenging artistically.
memories done vivid
However, my problems with my memory are further complicated by the fact that while I don't have any recollection of things I have actually done, I have very vivid recollections of loads of things that I haven't done.
buffets eras firsts
First off, I have to mention what is undoubtedly the greatest phenomenon of the modern era: All You Can Eat Buffets.