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
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.
dog opportunity bones
Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.
writing people belief
I wanted to write about how people's beliefs shift.
people heroic
People aren't universally heroic.
thinking people stuff
People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre.
spring thinking ideas
I think that my ideas of the world are that it's random and cruel but kind of quite comical really, and therefore the humour, in a sense, springs from that.
political parent constant
It always seemed to be a constant that my parents were political.
years cities house
I've been going to Granada for many years and 12 years ago bought a house a few miles outside the city.
nice people nice-people
Most of the Communists I knew were nice people.
sorry politician consistent
I feel sorry for many politicians we expect them to be completely consistent and moralised when we're not.
ideas people common
I suppose the common idea of me is that I'm going to be someone who's hyper and cracking jokes all the time, but people who meet me are soon disabused of that notion.
weather spain influence
I like the south of Spain, notably for the Moorish influence and the weather.
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.
thinking live-your-life should
I don't think I'd ever get thin, but I don't see why I should necessarily think that I couldn't You can't live your life for your routines.