I started performing as a stand-up comedian on my own in the mid-1990s. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes 1990s comedian mid
An actor's life is all about rejection. It's you they don't want; it's you who's too tall or too short or too fat. With stand-up, it doesn't matter what you look like. Mark Billingham actorfatlife Change image and share on social
Whenever people ask where I get my sick and twisted ideas from, I reply, 'Just open your eyes.' Mark Billingham eyeideaopen Change image and share on social
In America, they have specialist mystery book stores with whole sections devoted to cat mysteries, golf mysteries, quilting mysteries. It's a hugely broad genre from the darkest noir to tales of a 19th-century vet who solves crimes, thanks to his talking cat. Mark Billingham 19thamericabook share on social
Early in the 1990s, I flew alone in a dandelion-yellow, single-engine, 180-horsepower Piper Cherokee from Westchester County Airport in New York westward to the Rocky Mountains, landing and refuelling a good many times in middle-sized cities and towns along the way. Cynthia Ozick 1990sairportcherokee share on social
Men are boys for such a long time and really don't start getting the great roles until they're in their mid-thirties. But then they've got a long time to do them, whereas for women, it's all about playing younger and younger and younger. Cate Blanchett boygreathave share on social
A lot of people think I'm a comedian. Dolly Parton comedianlotpeople Change image and share on social
