Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr
James Anthony Patrick "Jimmy" Carris an English stand-up comedian, television host and actor, known for his signature laugh, deadpan delivery, dark humour, and use of edgy one-liners. He is also a writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television. Carr moved to a career in comedy in 2000 and has become a successful comedian. After becoming established as a stand-up comedian, Carr began to appear in a number of Channel 4 television shows, becoming the host of the panel show...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth15 September 1972
As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.
In Pizza Express you can get garlic bread with cheese and tomato. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but that's a pizza.
I don't think young people should have bottoms, they're too young for that sort of thing.
Saying that you don't believe in magic but do believe in god is a bit like saying you don't have sex with dogs, except labradors.
I may be middle class, but I'm hard. 'Al dente', you could say.
More people are going out to comedy shows than they were before.
I go around the country and do a simple gag like, 'The property ladder is now a snake' and get a real laugh.
I was in love with the idea of being in love with a woman way before I was actually in love with one.
Women were quite terrifying until I was older. I think that's partly down to confidence.
The bigger the audience, the better with comedy.
No matter how much you give a homeless person for tea... you never get that tea.
I like to write a joke without any fat on it.The shorter the better. I cater for people with ADD, basically.
Like most of the world's population I'm into coffee, my perfect weekend would start with a pint of coffee.
I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26.