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
fools-day april excited
Anybody who claims to be excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath.
grateful two comedian
I was definitely prepared for it to be slower, and it has not worked out that way in any shape or form. I'm grateful as a comedian, and slightly demoralized, occasionally, as a human being - those two things are always very different.
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My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of someone from Birmingham, and then I was raised in Bedford, which is just north of London. So my accent, if it's possible, makes even less sense to a Brit than to an American.
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There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers.
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I can't relax. I find vacations problematic.
shame feels non-stop
I feel non-stop Brit shame!
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You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well.
social statement wrote
When he (Shaw) wrote 'Pygmalion,' he was really making a statement about social classes.
creditors despite regard
The creditors have made their decision, despite what we regard as a very competitive offer.