Jo Brand
Jo Brand
Josephine Grace "Jo" Brand is an English comedian, writer and actress. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on Saturday Live, she went on to appear on The Brain Drain, Channel 4's Jo Brand Through the Cakehole, Getting On and various television appearances including as a regular guest on QI, Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie to You?...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth3 May 1957
comedy madness bad-things
Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.
gigs nasty difficult
It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.
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It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.
men fantastic concepts
Men are fantastic - as a concept.
dad teenager men
My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.
nurse stills
When I was a nurse I never had much money, and I was still happy then.
jobs trying problem
To me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out.
feminist groups different
There's lots of different feminist groups. It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber.
believe thinking people
There are lots of people who believe that caricature of me the tabloids created, so they think they don't like me.
sex food heart
The way to a man's heart is through his hanky pocket with a breadknife.
thinking funny-things fats
The funny thing is, I don't actually think of myself as fat at all. I don't think I am. Not really.
dancer comedian sticks
The comedian sticks as religiously to her theme as a dancer sticks to a diet.
strong trying television
Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone.
relief punk feminine
Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief.