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
nurse abuse audience
And I also felt that no one in an audience could abuse me worse than the sort of abuse I had had at work as a psychiatric nurse.
nurse important looks
As a comic and as a nurse, it's important to look calm on the surface when you're absolutely crapping yourself inside. So, if someone is waving a machete at you, which has happened to me when I was a nurse, it's important to make that person feel that you're in control.
revenge people fancy
They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat, they just don't fancy it any more.
men mind bears
I like men. They are hugely entertaining, but they have a lot of shortcomings and you just have to bear those in mind.
believe alzheimers brain
I believe that if your brain has to get to grips with complicated words, then you won't get Alzheimer's. I'm sure it's not true, but I do believe it.
bridges hair punk
In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their chiffon and glossy hair.
fashion shoes shopping
I've no interest in fashion, shoes, handbags, or sweaty shopping.
people actors good-actors
I've never trained as an actor. I've always thought I'm not a good actor. I've been told I'm not a good actor by a lot of people.
men thinking driving
I've always liked to think I could do anything I wished as well as - if not better than - a man. But I wasn't very good at rally driving.
home midnight nervous
I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight.
healthy flags obesity
I'm not a flag waver for obesity. It's not healthy, and you have a crap life because there is such a downer on it.
computer worried wells
I'm a Luddite with computers, and I'm slightly worried about being hacked as well.
kent
I'd love to live in Kent but it's all a question of work.
brother boys thinking
I was always being called upon to be an honorary boy alongside my brothers. I don't think I'd be a comic now if it hadn't been for that.