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
people labels behave
Once you get labelled, people expect you to behave within the very narrow confines of that label.
dragons bird stereotype
Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that.
children thinking rude
No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they think it.
fun swimming sea
My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather than plodding up and down a pool.
running trying marathon
What could be funnier than a fat person trying to run a marathon?
children feelings taught
My mum taught me to knit when I was a child, and I turn to it, for some weird reason, when I'm feeling depressed.
years plans our-lives
Most of us manage the fateful things that happen in our lives the best we can, certainly not to a Stalin-like 20-year plan.
hard
It's actually very hard when you're settled in one place to completely uproot yourself and go.
dark night way
Everything becomes magnified at night. Sounds travel in a different way, it's dark, and everything seems far more spooky.
stars thinking comedy
Everyone in comedy thinks if you go to the U.S. you become a global star but, unfortunately, I've always been a bit anti-American - so I never did.
girl nice important
Even when I wasn't overweight I was never one of those girls or women who wanted to look nice. I always thought it wasn't important.
nice tired make-you-happy
Even nice things don't make you happy when you're tired.
generations backlash
Each generation has a backlash against the generation before.
believe nursing suffering
Does anyone really go into nursing intending to be apathetic, cold and removed from suffering? I find that very difficult to believe.