When I was a little kid I wanted to be Face. I thought, cos I had blond hair and he did too, that when I grew up I'd look like him.
Noel FieldingIn comedy, you see yourself as a newcomer and then you realize you've been doing it for 18, 20 years, which is ridiculous.
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 FieldingWhen I was three or four, I was really good at drawing and painting, and everyone used to say, "You're going to go to art college." I didn't really know what that meant.
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