Robin Ince
Robin Ince
Robin Inceis an English comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for presenting the BBC radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage with physicist Brian Cox...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth20 February 1969
jokes quite telling
I have a problem with telling jokes about physics. Quite often the audience have no idea what you are talking about and, to be honest, I don't know what I'm talking about either.
answer battle box doubt good greatest main minds people realise scared
The main battle is to make people realise that doubt is important. Doubt is good. The 'don't know' answer sometimes is the box you should tick, and it's about not being scared about that fact. Even the greatest minds don't know everything.
valentines-day honesty eye
My wife could turn to me and she may say, 'Why do you love me?' And I can with all honesty look her in the eye and say, 'Because our pheromones matched our olfactory receptors.'
hate comedian racist
I thought I better warn you that I am not one of those politically correct comedians, but it turns out that also I'm not really that racist, homophobic or woman hating either, so you might not notice
revision firsts life-is
My life is constant revision but it's not revision, a lot of it is for the first time.
library percentages hush
I have spent a reasonable percentage of my life in libraries - I like the hush.
writing thinking patterns
There can be a science to joke writing, there are certainly rules and patterns that can be followed, but I think most of the best comedy goes beyond the rules.
people age towns
Science is very cross-generational; you're not just aiming it at twentysomethings, or eightysomethings. Every town's got a really broad selection of people and age groups interested in science.
ideas interesting people
I want to create shows which are interesting. I hope that some people are excited by some of the ideas.
thinking information worst
The worst, the most difficult thing I think is that the more you become intrigued by science and the information is out there, the more you are aware of the paucity of your own knowledge.
vain theory physicist
I have a theory that evolutionary biologists are more vain than particle physicists.
people too-much excitement
We very quickly forget about the wonderful things we've got. People lose their excitement because there's too much. Basically we're experiencing nothing, because everything is available to us.
ideas coping-mechanisms knowing
One idea I explore in my stand-up show is whether, if you try looking at the universe rationally and avoid coping mechanisms like mysticism or religion, you can still be happy knowing you are going to die after a brief time on this spinning ball.
technology typewriters monkeys
They gave 12 monkeys a typewriter for a week, and after a week, they only used it as a bathroom.