Matt Lucas
Matt Lucas
Matthew Richard "Matt" Lucasis an English comedian, screenwriter, actor and singer, best known for his work with David Walliams in the television show Little Britain, as well as for his portrayals of the scorekeeping baby George Dawes in the comedy panel game Shooting Stars and Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee in Alice in Wonderland...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth5 March 1974
CityLondon, England
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We're trying to fill the gaps in the collection. Several schools have opened since the museum was originally created, and for other schools, we simply don't have any items to display.
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I was hoping that the appeal of the show would stretch beyond the anglophile and comedy-obsessed.
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We've found that our lives are beginning to change, that the press, for instance, has taken an interest in us and our lives.
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We were friends for four years before we started writing together, so that is the foundation on which our partnership is built.
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I loved all the camp comics of my childhood, Kenneth Williams and Frankie Howerd and John Inman, but school gave me a very bad feeling about being gay and then, when I was about 12 - bang, along came AIDS. I can't think of a single positive thing about being gay at that time.
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We're going to kill some characters off in the new series
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Success came to us at an age where we could enjoy it. We went through a lot of hard times, so we appreciate success all the more now.
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I think that's natural because it's no longer new to them. Our main approach is to carry on doing what we do, not believe our own hype and do what we've always done, which is try and make the funniest show possible.
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Their street signs keep getting nicked. And when we did the live tour, when we did get to Wales, it felt really good to be there.
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I told Bernie Taupin that his best lyrics were for Song For Guy just because it doesn't have any words in it. But there you go... I'm a wind up! But a good Elton song for karaoke is I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues... "laughing like children, living like lovers, rolling like thunder under the covers..." Everyone can join in!
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My favourite song of Elton's is... it's a tricky one for me. I'm a proper fan and I've probably seen him in concert about a dozen times before I even met him. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, which isn't in this film... but whenever I see him, I always tell him that Passengers is my favourite song because it's one of his least auspicious ones.
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I played Thersites and I remember we were also doing some places out of town before starting our run at The Old Vic in London and we were at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford and I walked on stage and I've got an opening speech that begins: "Agamemnon, how if he had boils?" And I went on and said: "Agamemnon..." And a woman in the front row just went 'tut'. I thought: "I've only done four syllables, give us a chance!" I got one word out and the audience were already tutting. It was worse than any heckle I ever had doing comedy. So, I'll stick to gnomes.
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People will love something very much or hate something very much. But the great thing about a sketch show is that if something comes along that you don't like, something else will come along in a minute that hopefully you might like that.
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I think this [Gnomeo & Juliet] is the closest I ought to get to Shakespeare to be honest.