If you travel to the States... they have a lot of different words than like what we use. For instance: they say 'elevator', we say 'lift'; they say 'drapes', we say 'curtains'; they say 'president', we say 'seriously deranged git.' Alexei Sayle curtainderangedrape share on social
People aren't universally heroic. Alexei Sayle heroicpeopleuniversally Change image and share on social
However, my problems with my memory are further complicated by the fact that while I don't have any recollection of things I have actually done, I have very vivid recollections of loads of things that I haven't done. Alexei Sayle complicatefactload share on social
People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre. Alexei Sayle comicpeoplesartre Change image and share on social
For me, the showbiz memoir is uninteresting - you want to tell people something they don't know about. Alexei Sayle memoirpeopleshowbiz Change image and share on social
It seems easier to make a career out of comedy now than it was in the 1980s. Alexei Sayle 1980scareercomedy Change image and share on social
I don't think I'd ever get thin, but I don't see why I should necessarily think that I couldn't... You can't live your life for your routines. Alexei Sayle lifelivenecessarily Change image and share on social
I have a lot of nice Italian winter clothes that make me look like a sophisticated Lebanese professor, so my friend Robert and I go around pretending to be experts in Arabic politics. It doesn't work in the summer though. I don't have the right clothes. Alexei Sayle arabicclotheexpert share on social