David Baddiel : (5)

" When I first started on telly, I used to get quite a lot of fan mail from Indians saying it’s great that an Indian is on! " - David Baddiel

" I’m incredibly uncommitted to party politics. I vote Labour but only because Glenda Jackson was my MP and I loved her on ‘Morecambe & Wise.’ " - David Baddiel

" I spend a lot of time on social media and people ask me if the abuse I get is upsetting, but working in comedy has built up my skin – I’m used to hecklers. " - David Baddiel

" Comedy is a difficult thing for a critic, as, unlike all other art-forms, it has an inbuilt success-o-meter: laughter. Therefore, there’s no real need for critics. " - David Baddiel

" Everyone is complicated, but when you’re famous, you have to be pigeon-holed. By doing different stuff, that’s rubbed up in complicated ways against the culture. " - David Baddiel