John Oliver
John Oliver
John William Oliver is an English comedian, political commentator, television host, and occasional actor. He is widely known in the United States for hosting HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He co-hosted the satirical comedy podcast The Bugle and hosted John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth23 April 1977
pie brave want
We in Britain stopped evolving gastronomically with the advent of the pie. Everything beyond that seemed like a brave, frightening new world. We knew the French were up to something across the Channel, but we didn't want anything to do with it.
memories people kind
I've made so many people angry that they kind of blur into one unpleasant memory of people staring at you with somewhere between passive aggression and active aggression.
war bravery levels
When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery.
ideas interesting trying
You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.
done shortcuts comedy
Stand-up comedy seems like a terrifying thing. Objectively. Before anyone has done it, it seems like one of the most frightening things you could conceive, and there's just no shortcut - you just have to do it.
shame feels non-stop
I feel non-stop Brit shame!
earth should tension
As a general rule, no one should ever be allowed to say there is no history of racial tension here, because that sentence has never been true anywhere on Earth,
want
When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.
comedian outsiders helping
It really helps a comedian to be an outsider.
two hecklers kind
There are two kinds of hecklers: the destructive and constructive hecklers.
sports anesthetics greater
There is no greater anesthetic than sport.
pessimism british
I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse.
england politician
Politicians don't really bring up religion in England.
emotion british bases
I'm British. I don't really have access to my emotions on a daily basis.