Rory Bremner
Rory Bremner
Roderick Keith Ogilvy "Rory" Bremner, FKCis a Scottish impressionist and comedian, noted for his work in political satire and impressions of British public figures. He is also known for his work on Mock the Week as a panellist, award-winning show Rory Bremner...Who Else? and sketch comedy series Bremner, Bird and Fortune, which featured veteran comedians John Bird and John Fortune...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth6 April 1961
Rory Bremner quotes about
barely contracted eight knew ten truth
In truth, I barely knew my father at all. He was 53 when I was born, and when I was ten he contracted cancer. Eight years later, in 1979, he died.
coming elitist enjoyable experience fact finding opera people seen ties time
I like the idea of people coming to opera for the first time and finding it an enjoyable experience. I don't like the fact that opera is seen as elitist and all black ties and that stuff.
runs
If the oil runs out, we'll be reduced to fracking Alex Salmond.
among ancestors census compelling crashed hours leisure million people proved pursuits truth uncover urge
Genealogy is among the fastest-growing leisure pursuits in the U.K. Indeed, the urge to uncover the truth about our ancestors has proved so compelling that, when the 1901 census first went online, the website crashed after a million people logged on within hours of its launch.
coffee starbucks
Politics now is rather like going into Starbucks for a coffee.
teacher firsts impression
My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift.
reading radio computer
Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on!
scary reassurance figures
I am just fascinated by this reassurance from a menacing figure. It is rather frightening.
rights liberty speech
When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary to sell the speeches he and Jack Straw made in 1994.
country sorry war
But let's be clear. We're talking about a country where there's no opposition. As leader he can ignore Parliament and - sorry that's Tony Blair isn't it? Um, so he doesn't even have to ask the country before he goes to war - sorry that's still Tony Blair.
america world modern
William Hague, the world's favourite hairline.
break-up home wife
I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from my wife. It's a weird thing to listen to a news report about the break-up of your marriage.
dog names giving
It is almost impossible to say the name of Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawat without adding 'give a dog a bone'
media ideas television
That business aspect of the media, that Charlotte Street world, the advertising and programme executives, it leaves me absolutely cold. I'm supposed to be the director of a television company, but I've only ever seen that company as a vehicle for making the kind of programmes we wanted to make, getting our ideas on the screen.