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
christian mean self
Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect.
teenage believe years
A lot of people do that kind of nostalgia stuff believing that they were very happy in their teenage years, but that's probably just an illusion.
people cynical reason
I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people.
people way vote
I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways.
nurse abuse audience
And I also felt that no one in an audience could abuse me worse than the sort of abuse I had had at work as a psychiatric nurse.
nurse important looks
As a comic and as a nurse, it's important to look calm on the surface when you're absolutely crapping yourself inside. So, if someone is waving a machete at you, which has happened to me when I was a nurse, it's important to make that person feel that you're in control.
revenge people fancy
They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat, they just don't fancy it any more.
men mind bears
I like men. They are hugely entertaining, but they have a lot of shortcomings and you just have to bear those in mind.
believe alzheimers brain
I believe that if your brain has to get to grips with complicated words, then you won't get Alzheimer's. I'm sure it's not true, but I do believe it.
bridges hair punk
In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their chiffon and glossy hair.
fashion shoes shopping
I've no interest in fashion, shoes, handbags, or sweaty shopping.
people actors good-actors
I've never trained as an actor. I've always thought I'm not a good actor. I've been told I'm not a good actor by a lot of people.
men thinking driving
I've always liked to think I could do anything I wished as well as - if not better than - a man. But I wasn't very good at rally driving.
home midnight nervous
I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight.