Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated. Barry Humphries More Quotes by Barry Humphries More Quotes From Barry Humphries Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores. Barry Humphries destiny world school My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more. Barry Humphries army parent children There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously. Barry Humphries comedian fate taken Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary. Barry Humphries beautiful men sex I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner. Barry Humphries body hair men I like people who are slightly unhygienic. A little grubbiness isn't so bad. BO chic it should be called. Barry Humphries chic littles people If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up. Barry Humphries satire giving-up might Glamour comes from within. My beauty regime begins with my personality. Barry Humphries within glamour personality beauty I never thought that I would become a staple in the Australian cultural diet. The equivalent of bread or milk, or a fine old Tasmanian Mauve Vein. I think it's because I talk about things that people dare not mention. I don't mean raunchy things or unsavoury things. I call a spade a spade - I discuss things in a realistic manner. Barry Humphries never thought think people I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them. Barry Humphries say things wish people Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. It's the new Puritanism, darling. Preventing us from expressing ourselves. Barry Humphries nothing new me political I suffer greatly from nerves. I have stage-fright badly, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life. Barry Humphries suffer my-life stage life In Edna, I created a satiric portrait of my hometown of Melbourne, a large provincial English city paradoxically in far Southeast Asia. She's a theatrical figure, related to vaudeville in some respects. She inhabits a world in which there are comparatively few female exponents of comedy. Barry Humphries city hometown comedy world People only watch my shows for me, and those shows have remained evergreen long after the guests are forgotten. Barry Humphries me forgotten long people I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life! Barry Humphries day good work life I denied this for many, many years and years... but you cannot help but not see a little of my mother in the character of Edna. Barry Humphries see you mother character Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language... and the imaginative, creative use of that language can be at the service of humour. Barry Humphries looking great service funny I guess you could say I'm an addict - an adrenalin addict - I get great excitement and stimulation from doing stuff in public, even though I'm nervous and I have very bad stage fright. Barry Humphries doing bad great you What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.' Barry Humphries i-am you character funny Oddly enough, Dame Edna is not interested in show business. Her friends in Los Angeles are mostly in the world of petroleum. She used to have some acting friends. Sadly, Joan Rivers has passed on. Larry Hagman was a close friend. A number of others. Barry Humphries friend friends business world
