Jo Brand
Jo Brand
Josephine Grace "Jo" Brand is an English comedian, writer and actress. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on Saturday Live, she went on to appear on The Brain Drain, Channel 4's Jo Brand Through the Cakehole, Getting On and various television appearances including as a regular guest on QI, Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie to You?...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth3 May 1957
Jo Brand quotes about
looks steroid
I look like Julian Clary on steroids.
nurse dinner sometimes
When I was a nurse my favourite assignment was the anorexic ward. I sometimes ate as many as seventeen dinners
genius lines rubbish
There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' - which are, on the whole, a load of rubbish.
great-friend treats boxes
There are comics who treat women fairly appallingly. But I can be great friends with them because I don't tend to do that ticking of boxes: it can make life too simplistic.
ex-boyfriend funny-relationship night
My ex-boyfriend can round last night, which was weird because I didn't know he was in a coma.
woods different remember
I remember when Victoria Wood started to come through, and I thought she was great, though she and I are very different in our approach.
too-late action consideration
I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late.
diaries miserable used
I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be.
self-esteem thinking fluid
I think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others.
kent
I'd love to live in Kent but it's all a question of work.
grandma people lucky
I used to get a lot of people saying 'Oh, you are such a lucky granny.' But the fact of the matter is you can be a grandma at 35 these days.
standing
I don't like doing stand-up, because I don't like standing up.
generations backlash
Each generation has a backlash against the generation before.
christian mean self
Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect.