Jack Whitehall
Jack Whitehall
Jack Peter Benedict Whitehallis an English comedian, television presenter and actor...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth7 July 1988
CityLondon, England
constantly
I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I don't want to end up like Carol Vorderman.
buck insecure looked wore
When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
life quite
I have got a fantastic life and I just like to get on with it, and I am quite a private person.
comics jokes met order prefer routines sit
Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.
flamboyant quite top
When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.
audition casting director
I was the first person in the world to audition for 'The Hobbit'. The casting director told me that when I went in. That's a lot of pressure, isn't it? The first person in the world.
bit chair
Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist's chair - but more enjoyable.
love
Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around.
except lady tragic
My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
amazing bit brilliant cruise people tom
I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is shorter than me and has an amazing gait; and Tom Cruise has a brilliant run. I'm just gangly.
funny
If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes you can't.
I eat healthily, as it keeps my energy up.
acted bad nativity plays school shakespeare wrote
I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like 'Guard 17' - so I wrote plays and gave myself parts, then I wrote sketches, then I did stand-up. Even in the school nativity I was the emu in the manger.
love
I love stand-up, but the process of writing is a little more lonely. I want to keep doing both, though.