I use a Bruce Lee technique: "The way of no way". He had the idea that he would learn everything, so that whoever he had to fight, he could improvise anything. The best way of starting a gig is just to not think of anything - to clear your mind, not in an empty Zen state, but more just to go on and see where you go.
Eddie IzzardIf you get too well-known, you can never be a comedian's comedian, it just won't sit well. But I'm fine with that. I'm fine with that label.
Eddie IzzardCharles Darwin wrote a famous book in 18 [gibberish]. And that book was an interesting book, cuz it was called "Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-You".
Eddie IzzardBefore birds get sucked into jet engines, do they ever think, Is that Rod Stewart in first class?
Eddie IzzardI definitely have breast envy. When teenage girls were saying 'I wish I had breasts', I was thinking the same thing.
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