When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain. John Oliver entertainextentonstage Change image and share on social
People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on 'The Daily Show'... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor. John Oliver actualanchorbroad Change image and share on social
We invented words; we'll tell you how they're supposed to sound. John Oliver inventsoundsuppose Change image and share on social
Most stand-ups, once they have done it, think of it as their default job. I'm pretty sure Jon Stewart still feels that way now. You are a stand-up first; other things come and go. John Oliver defaultfeltjob Change image and share on social
I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is. John Oliver backbritainbritish share on social
There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that. John Oliver intentionjournalistqualification Change image and share on social
I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy. John Oliver comedyhaveinterest Change image and share on social
It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them. John Oliver confidentstandtalk Change image and share on social
Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect. John Oliver bigexpecthearted Change image and share on social
There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups make it big in Britain. John Oliver americanbigbritain Change image and share on social
