Arthur Smith People Quotations

It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.

You're not putting your life on the line to save the people of the village, ... I am.

Because comedy is cheap to put on: if you've got a play or an opera, there's a whole load of people and a set, but comedy is just one man or woman. And because TV has learned to love comics - there's so many more around now than when I started out.

When they meet a stand-up comic, people sometimes remark: 'That must be the hardest job in the world.' Among comedians, only Freddie Starr is not embarrassed and slightly appalled by this remark.