Robin Ince
Robin Ince
Robin Inceis an English comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for presenting the BBC radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage with physicist Brian Cox...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth20 February 1969
believe use want
Life, to me personally, I believe it is a finite thing, my consciousness, and I want to use it as much as possible.
vain theory physicist
I have a theory that evolutionary biologists are more vain than particle physicists.
world exciting
Once you start looking at the world rationally, it becomes much more exciting.
people age towns
Science is very cross-generational; you're not just aiming it at twentysomethings, or eightysomethings. Every town's got a really broad selection of people and age groups interested in science.
jobs book ideas
I don't have any hobbies because my working job is my hobby. What I do is I spend my whole time looking through telescopes and having brain scans and buying books about various different ideas and I just sit around, that's my life.
ideas interesting people
I want to create shows which are interesting. I hope that some people are excited by some of the ideas.
inspirational motivational atheist
I'm glad the universe is pointless. It means if I get to the end of my life, the universe can't turn to me and go, 'What have you been doing, you idiot? That's not the point!
library percentages hush
I have spent a reasonable percentage of my life in libraries - I like the hush.
excited fantastic existence
To be paid, to be employed to be an enthusiast and be excited about existence is fantastic.
ideas coping-mechanisms knowing
One idea I explore in my stand-up show is whether, if you try looking at the universe rationally and avoid coping mechanisms like mysticism or religion, you can still be happy knowing you are going to die after a brief time on this spinning ball.
writing thinking patterns
There can be a science to joke writing, there are certainly rules and patterns that can be followed, but I think most of the best comedy goes beyond the rules.
hate comedian racist
I thought I better warn you that I am not one of those politically correct comedians, but it turns out that also I'm not really that racist, homophobic or woman hating either, so you might not notice
revision firsts life-is
My life is constant revision but it's not revision, a lot of it is for the first time.
technology typewriters monkeys
They gave 12 monkeys a typewriter for a week, and after a week, they only used it as a bathroom.