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
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.
nice tired make-you-happy
Even nice things don't make you happy when you're tired.
healthy vain mackerel
I buy smoked mackerel in a vain attempt at being healthy. I do actually really like it, and you don't have to cook it, which is handy.
intimate-relationships mouths lashes
How do you conduct an intimate relationship where no one ever loses it? Where no one ever lashes out, where no one ever smacks anyone in the mouth?
stones pills four
I went on the pill when I was 16, put on four stone... so that proved to be a very effective contraceptive.
dad teenager men
My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.
comedy madness bad-things
Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.
faces runners
Let's face it: I am not a professional runner.
racism charming stomach
Jeremy Clarkson is rather charming, but I can't stomach his public persona. I don't like his casual racism and casual misogyny.
gigs nasty difficult
It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.
dragons bird stereotype
Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that.
splits small-packages hospitals
Privatisation splits hospital services into increasingly small packages.