Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr
James Anthony Patrick "Jimmy" Carris an English stand-up comedian, television host and actor, known for his signature laugh, deadpan delivery, dark humour, and use of edgy one-liners. He is also a writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television. Carr moved to a career in comedy in 2000 and has become a successful comedian. After becoming established as a stand-up comedian, Carr began to appear in a number of Channel 4 television shows, becoming the host of the panel show...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth15 September 1972
I worry about my nan. If she's alone and falls, does she make a noise? I'm joking, she's dead.
All comedians are a bit attention-seeking and I'm no different. Anyone with the audacity to want to be listened to for an hour and a half must be.
I don't see myself as offending people.
Eighteen years since the Chernobyl disaster. Is it just me surprized? Still no superheroes!
Cats have nine lives. Makes them ideal for experimentation.
Once I was doing a sponsored walk. In the end I managed to raise so much money, I could afford a taxi.
I live near a remedial school. There is a sign that says, slow... children. That can't be good for their self esteem. But look of course on the positive side, they can't read it.
I was out with a friend and he came over with a pair of girls. I said to him "They're like buses." He said "What? Because you wait for ages and then two come along at once." I said "No, they are like buses!"
It had to be hammered home quite a bit because I didn't see any humour in my life at all.
As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.
In Pizza Express you can get garlic bread with cheese and tomato. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but that's a pizza.
Saying that you don't believe in magic but do believe in god is a bit like saying you don't have sex with dogs, except labradors.
I may be middle class, but I'm hard. 'Al dente', you could say.
More people are going out to comedy shows than they were before.