John Oliver
John Oliver
John William Oliver is an English comedian, political commentator, television host, and occasional actor. He is widely known in the United States for hosting HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He co-hosted the satirical comedy podcast The Bugle and hosted John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth23 April 1977
people aggressive audience
I'm always interested in audience interaction. Not so much aggressive audience interaction - I'm genuinely interested in how people see things.
democracy trusted
Democracy is like a tambourine, not everyone can be trusted with it.
crazy mean people
When you see people say crazy things on our show, they mean this stuff,and that's easy to forget: They're not joking.
thinking let-it-go tvs
You don't really know when stand-up material is TV ready; it's just at what point you're willing to let it go and not work on it anymore. I'm not sure there is a point at which you think: 'And that is finished.'
laughing people want
Once you learn how to make people laugh, then you get to choose exactly how you want to make them laugh.
fools-day april excited
Anybody who claims to be excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath.
gun law florida
According to current Florida law you can get a gun, follow an unarmed minor, call the police, have them explicitly tell you to stop following [the minor] and choose to ignore that, keep following the minor, get into a confrontation with them, and if at any point during that process you get scared you can shoot the minor to death, and the state of Florida will say, 'Well, look: you did what you could.'
pressure serious subjects
When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing.
baseball war believe
Believe it or not the war on Iraq is based on a sound scientific principle, The bee hive principle. Which clearly states that if you are stung by a bee, you should follow it back to its nest and then proceed to beat nest to a pulp with a baseball bat until the stripey little turd has learned its lesson.
home knowing trying
I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!
people flags world
The Confederate flag is one of those things that should only be seen on t-shirts, belt buckles and bumper stickers to help the rest of us identify the worst people in the world.
beautiful kings thinking
I think the best analogy for where we are right now is that America is Elvis Presley -- the most beautiful, talented, rebellious nation in the history of Earth. And now, you're in your Vegas years. You've squeezed yourself into a white jumpsuit, you're wheezing your way through 'Love Me Tender' and you might be about to pass away bloated on the toilet. But you're still the King.
doubt dutch language
Economics is like the Dutch language - I'm told it makes sense, but I have my doubts.
winning games car
News is not a game show. You don't win a car if you happen to be right.