You should never meet your heroes. Paul Newman... I was so excited about meeting him, but he turned up in shell suit bottoms, slippers, and a jumper. He was just so worn out and old, he wanted to go home. Allan Carr bottomexcitehero share on social
I hate Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare's rubbish. Allan Carr haterubbishshakespeare Change image and share on social
If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first minute. That first minute is crucial. Allan Carr attitudeaudiencecrucial Change image and share on social
I'd love to do acting, but it'd definitely have to be comedy. I can't do serious. It's completely beyond me. Allan Carr actcomedycompletely Change image and share on social
I like old people falling over, that's what makes me laugh. Allan Carr falllaughmake Change image and share on social
I went to Montreal. My first gig went very badly. They just weren't laughing at anything. I found out they were a load of Christians, and it was a gig to raise money for a new church roof. Allan Carr badlychristianchurch Change image and share on social
A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere. Allan Carr atmospherebadblame Change image and share on social
I was quite pleased that Prince Philip didn't say anything like, I hate queers! He was quite well behaved. Allan Carr behavehatephilip Change image and share on social
It's Charley's Aunt and The Odd Couple rolled into one. Allan Carr auntcharleycouple Change image and share on social
I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl. Allan Carr artcollegegive Change image and share on social
