My mum and dad are both really funny. My granddad's really funny, my uncle's really funny, everyone's really funny. You have to be quick, otherwise you get roasted. Everyone takes the piss quite a lot. You have to be really sharp.
Noel FieldingI don't think I'd have done comedy if I was born eighty years ago I'd have been a lord. Shooting people that were on my land With a wig, yeah. And some crisps.
Noel FieldingI'm going to name drop like an idiot now, but Bono rang me up once, right? I don't know how he got my number, but I, ever so stupidly, and obviously thought it was one of my mates mocking about. So I was like, "Yeah, whatever." And it was him, but I even went to him, "That's not even a good Irish accent!"
Noel FieldingI visited a friend in Leicester recently. It was 4am and we all ran around in a circle, six of us. Itโs the most fun Iโve had since i was seven. And I thought: itโs not about drink, or drugs, or fancy clubs. Itโs about running around in your socks, changing direction in a front room in Leicester.
Noel Fielding