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
sunshine thinking might
I think it might honestly be time for the Sunshine State to officially change its motto to the Worst State.
anchorman thinking lines
I don't think I'm identified as the anchorman, I think I'm identified as the impostor anchorman - there's a very clear line there ... I don't think it changes the way they respond.
thinking sound racist
You're sonically racist, Americans. You think we all sound the same, whereas I have definitely a mongrel accent.
summer thinking people
I think I'm just a summer fling that people will soon forget.
thinking america people
Here in America, people come out to see what they've known you to do. In England, it's like everyone comes out to tell you exactly how well they think you're doing.
real thinking intention
There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that.
eye thinking talking
I think being an outsider in general always helps you in comedy. I think it helps to have an outsider's eye. And so I have an outsider's voice. You know, as soon as I start talking, I don't belong here. And I think that helps in a way.
thinking week hard
I find it hard in my general life to think further than the week ahead.
thinking voice people
I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to do by a British accent. That's why so many infomercials have British people.
mistake thinking anchors
People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on The Daily Show ... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor.
thinking rhythm
I have exactly as much rhythm as you think I have.
thinking behavior form
I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.
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.'
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.