Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas
Michael Joseph Pennington, Sr., better known as Johnny Vegas, is an English actor and comedian, known for his angry rants, surreal humour, portly figure and high husky voice...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth11 September 1971
thinking media editors
I think it sort of dawns on you that if you're not gigging constantly you're not actually relevant. You may be relevant to a different part of the media now, to television commissioners and editors, but to a young live-comedy audience you're not, really.
birthday party kids
I used to be good with kids, but as I get older, I'm grumpy and terrible with them. As for doing a gig at a 6-year old's birthday party, you couldn't pay me enough.
drama school kids
I've always said that with kids' TV that people get stuck in it from drama school but that's not fair because I know myself that when you go in creatively, kids are so much more open to ideas. You're so much freer to mess about and try things.
gay stuff cliffs
There's lots of stuff about me being a fan of Cliff but not being gay. Which suggests that he is, but he's not. Anyway, this is Channel 4, let their lawyers sort it out.
las-vegas dreamer looks
They look outside the windows of their apartment in town and realize they're not living in a terrace anymore. This is a room full of dreamers who like to go to London for a day.
women winning las-vegas
You can sway an audience if you win the women over. The gentlemen will follow 'cause they can be so foolish like that at times, they are easily led.
las-vegas fickle chance
With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle.
people approval
I've always been looking for other people's approval.
eggs legs littles
I've got little ankles and a bit of a belly, so it makes me look rather an egg on legs.
pie fingers
I've got my finger in a lot of pies.
stars war las-vegas
If an original piece of wardrobe came up from Star Wars, I'd probably spend a lot of money on it.
agents driven type
My agent once said, 'You're not very driven.' And it's true. I'm not the type to ring up and go, 'Get me this part!'
holiday home vacation
My first holiday to San Francisco in 1998-99 was supposed to be a two-week vacation but I ended up staying five weeks and nearly didn't come home.
age roles century
My forte is playing drunks down the ages. When my agent rings me about a role, I don't ask what the part is, but what century it's in.