I've never, ever had people being aggressive to me in public or abusing me, and actually quite a lot of men do say to me, 'You're quite good' - though they can't bear to go, 'You're great.' Jo Brand More Quotes by Jo Brand More Quotes From Jo Brand If you're a fat person - and especially if you're a woman - at all stages of your life you'll get abuse for it, so you have to work out a way of dealing with it. The best way is to be humorous about it - that defuses any tension. Jo Brand abuse work-out humorous I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people. Jo Brand cynical reason people Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief. Jo Brand feminine punk relief Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone. Jo Brand strong trying television The comedian sticks as religiously to her theme as a dancer sticks to a diet. Jo Brand dancer comedian sticks The funny thing is, I don't actually think of myself as fat at all. I don't think I am. Not really. Jo Brand fats funny-things thinking There are lots of people who believe that caricature of me the tabloids created, so they think they don't like me. Jo Brand believe people thinking There's lots of different feminist groups. It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber. Jo Brand groups feminist different To me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out. Jo Brand problem trying jobs What could be funnier than a fat person trying to run a marathon? Jo Brand marathon running trying When I was a nurse I never had much money, and I was still happy then. Jo Brand stills nurse When you have children your house smells very unpleasant all the time. Jo Brand smell house children Wild men are so enormously attractive. Jo Brand wild-man attractive men With two small children, I haven't had a wash since 2001 so the chance to go shopping is way down the list. It is something I do intend to get. Jo Brand shopping two children You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men. Jo Brand boards men looks Privatisation splits hospital services into increasingly small packages. Jo Brand small-packages packages splits Once you get labelled, people expect you to behave within the very narrow confines of that label. Jo Brand behave labels people Everything becomes magnified at night. Sounds travel in a different way, it's dark, and everything seems far more spooky. Jo Brand sound dark night I am a hip-hop artist, as you probably know. My hip-hop name is Big Smalls. Jo Brand hip-hop artist names I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be. Jo Brand miserable used diaries
