Jo Brand : (6)

" I have big friends who won’t go swimming because they’re too embarrassed about it. I feel that’s such a shame, because actually people should be encouraging fat people who are exercising to do it, not pointing and laughing. " - Jo Brand

" One of the guys that used to run it – for some reason I’ve no idea why he used to call me the Sea Monster and I was just looking around for a name and thought that’ll do. That lasted for a couple of years probably. " - Jo Brand

" You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men. " - Jo Brand

" Does anyone really go into nursing intending to be apathetic, cold and removed from suffering? I find that very difficult to believe. " - Jo Brand

" Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press knows that, on the whole, there is a huge amount of inaccuracy, value judgment and the use of a crowbar to insert editorial bias that reflects the current political leaning of that particular paper. " - Jo Brand

" I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig… now I’ve managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes. " - Jo Brand