Amy Hoggart
Amy Hoggart
Amy Hoggart is a British stand-up comedian and actress, best known for starring in Almost Royal, a new faux-reality show on BBC America. She portrays a low-ranking heir to the British throne, Poppy Carlton. Hoggart attended Cambridge University and was a member of the Footlights, whilst reading English...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth14 April 1986
disease itself rather
The thing with cancer is that it's usually the chemo rather than the disease itself that makes the patient feel so ill, particularly at the start.
audience guess people pity shout
I've never been heckled. I think because I look too small and vulnerable. Sometimes I look out into the audience and see pity in their eyes, so I guess those people may be the ones who would shout something out if they didn't feel so sorry for me.
kept trying
I was trying to be a clinical psychologist for years. But I kept getting stuck in comedy.
diagnosed june lungs simon spread
My father, Simon Hoggart, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June 2010. By this point, it had spread to his spleen and metastasised in his lungs and so was pronounced terminal.
cancer experience good health included periods relatively variety
Dad's cancer experience included periods of relatively good health as well as bouts of hospitalisation as he coursed his way through a variety of different chemotherapy treatments.
strong character comic
I'm more influenced by characters than standups. I love strong, comic women, because it's so hard and I have so much respect for anyone who can do it.
nice people community
It's kind of a camaraderie in the comedy community, people are kind of proud of how badly they go down sometimes, and it's quite nice to join in with that.
evening clubs lifestyle
I do love live performing, but I'm not a stand-up naturally, and I don't like the lifestyle of working just in the evenings at clubs.
act aggressive cats character enjoy jokes quick unusual
If you like quick put-downs and aggressive interactions with the audience, you will probably not enjoy the rambles of an unusual character act making jokes about cats for an hour.
again die normally onstage relief
I normally feel relief that I didn't die onstage or forget all my lines. Then I start remembering that I have to do it again sometime, and it'll probably not go as well.
comics plus switch work
By and large, I think that comics work seriously hard. Many have other jobs as well, plus you never really switch off, so you're always working.
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I'm more influenced by characters than standups. I love strong, comic women because it's so hard, and I have so much respect for anyone who can do it. I'm a big fan of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and people like that.