Ronnie Corbett Quotes

Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Ronnie Corbett Quotes. Let’s look at these pieces of wisdom. We definitely have something to learn from them!

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I’m always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn’t self-doubt, you seem aggressive.
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We had a certain kind of material that was not dangerously esoteric.
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I am happy most of the time.
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We go out of fashion but can also come back into fashion. So you’ve just got to hang around long enough until you are back in style.
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In the old days, if you topped the bill one evening, you’d do 22 minutes maximum, and if you overstepped and did 27 one night, you’d get a knock on the door telling you it wasn’t acceptable.
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All those I admired as a young performer had a calmness to their comedy.
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Dad was a baker, and Mum was tied up with church and the social club.
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David Frost plucked me from the nightclubs.
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Doing things like ‘Extras’ and ‘Little Britain’ keeps me in with the youngsters.
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We knew what mums, dads, and children would understand and enjoy without resentment. I don’t see the requirement to upset people. You’re there to entertain and please.
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People who want to do stand-up from the start – I mean that’s an extremely self-centred thing to want, isn’t it?
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My father instilled attention to detail and a sense of duty and responsibility.
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I’ve been lucky in that I’ve always loved my job.
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I have been trapped in some posh toilets, including those in Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, and at Victor Spinetti’s memorial at St. Paul’s Covent Garden, I got locked in the loo.
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I love radio and have done a little bit for years – since ‘Workers’ Playtime’ in the 1950s. It’s also a good springboard for comedians.
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There are many comics around who don’t really have a feel for comedy. They can say outrageous things, have clever thoughts, and deliver some funny angles. But they are not genuinely funny.
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It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that.
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The really funny moments you notice throughout your life are very seldom generated by one person telling a joke.
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It is all down to ‘The Two Ronnies.’ Those years with Ronnie Barker were the spine of my career.
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You get fed up watching shows with not much care and love, reality programmes where they put people in a house for a fortnight and film them doing everything, or where participants arrive after lunch and do the programme at six.
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As you get older, you worry about your memory.
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I have had the most spoiled golfing life.
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It’s difficult to be clean and clever at the same time, but a lot of our stuff was.
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I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment – it won’t die easily.
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If I change car, I change car. I don’t get very fond of things.
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Comedy taste changes. It only changes slightly, but there’s always a different angle, a different attitude.
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I just keep jogging along, and people seem to like me. And for that I am very grateful.
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Our comedy was light-hearted amusement that seemingly tripped naturally off the tongue. That’s why I don’t think it will date.
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I have been in the business for 62 years. It’s a match made in heaven.
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How long does it take to make ‘They Think It’s All Over?’ It’s just laughing at each other and thinking, ‘Aren’t we clever?’
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