#they say

If you travel to the States... they have a lot of different words than like what we use. For instance: they say 'elevator', we say 'lift'; they say 'drapes', we say 'curtains'; they say 'president', we say 'seriously deranged git.' ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

It always seemed to be a constant that my parents were political. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

It seems easier to make a career out of comedy now than it was in the 1980s. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

Most of my friends are women - I quite fancied being a woman in a way. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

Most of the Communists I knew were nice people. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

Now, as a comic, if you're vaguely amusing you can go straight into TV, then you play the O2 and then everyone's sick of you. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

People aren't universally heroic. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

The journalists have obviously failed to capture my innate magnetism, humour and charisma, and they all need to be fired from their newspapers right away. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when you ask what's left, they say: 'Well, the typing is very good.' ↗

— John Sayles

#character #day #dialogue #feel #get