Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas
Michael Joseph Pennington, Sr., better known as Johnny Vegas, is an English actor and comedian, known for his angry rants, surreal humour, portly figure and high husky voice...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth11 September 1971
spiritual earth not-sure
There is something more spiritual to us than what we are on this earth, but how you access it I'm not sure.
terrible
Oh, I'm terrible at travel.
las-vegas needs want
I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again.
up-north comedian holding-on
Up North you are holding your own. Everyone considers themselves a comedian.
agents driven type
My agent once said, 'You're not very driven.' And it's true. I'm not the type to ring up and go, 'Get me this part!'
holiday home vacation
My first holiday to San Francisco in 1998-99 was supposed to be a two-week vacation but I ended up staying five weeks and nearly didn't come home.
witty airports finding-yourself
Never try to be witty with U.S. airport officials. It's always lost on them and you'll find yourself being put back on the plane.
christmas years cheese
The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year.
las-vegas fickle chance
With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle.
awards want bigs
You don't want to be flattered and become big-headed by getting awards. But, well, I am.
birthday party kids
I used to be good with kids, but as I get older, I'm grumpy and terrible with them. As for doing a gig at a 6-year old's birthday party, you couldn't pay me enough.
drama school kids
I've always said that with kids' TV that people get stuck in it from drama school but that's not fair because I know myself that when you go in creatively, kids are so much more open to ideas. You're so much freer to mess about and try things.
women winning las-vegas
You can sway an audience if you win the women over. The gentlemen will follow 'cause they can be so foolish like that at times, they are easily led.
las-vegas dreamer looks
They look outside the windows of their apartment in town and realize they're not living in a terrace anymore. This is a room full of dreamers who like to go to London for a day.