#act

I had a very happy childhood, but I wasn't that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices. I think that's when your creativity is developed, when you're young. I liked the world of the imagination because it was an easy place to go to. ↗

— David Walliams

#because #being #being alone #characters #child

I'm terribly attention-seeking. It's very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can't exactly. ↗

— David Walliams

#because #control #different #exactly #get

When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me. ↗

— David Walliams

#absolute #adult #book #books #charlie

I don't have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And I'm willing to risk quite a lot - as a comedian, you're always risking a lot. You're risking failure, especially if you're improvising and going on TV shows trying to make comedy out of thin air. That is quite a risky business. ↗

— David Walliams

#always #business #comedian #comedy #especially

I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth. ↗

— David Walliams

#bit #book #characters #depth #emotional

I was born in 1971, and Tom Baker was sort of my obsession as a kid and that's why we got him to do the voice over for 'Little Britain' because I was actually obsessed with Tom Baker. ↗

— David Walliams

#baker #because #born #britain #got

I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines. ↗

— David Walliams

#child #comedy #depressed #favourite #favourite thing

It can be difficult to be subtle and not cartoony in prosthetics. But when you see characters like Bubbles and Desiree from 'Little Britain' on screen, it makes all the hard work worth it. It's such fun watching those transformations. ↗

— David Walliams

#bubbles #characters #difficult #fun #hard

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard. ↗

— David Walliams

#afternoon #book #children #could #hard

I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't subsidize proselytizing or worship or religious activity. It can't. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#against #because #congregation #discriminate #doing