Ronnie Corbett Quotes

I look forward to doing everything, whether appearing on TV or walking the dog.
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.
I suppose to the outside world I do seem slightly obsessed. But I once had a balance problem with my inner ear, and the fear loitered. Yet I have found that golf is like a yoga procedure for me: it's had wonderful, sedative, remedial qualities for my day-to-day life.
I used to have a theory in my mind that if no serious move had happened before I was 38 - not 40, oddly - then I would move into management or something. Fortunately, I was offered 'The Frost Report' when I was 37, so that was a close thing, too.
I watch the wonderful Dara O'Briain refereeing 'Mock the Week,' where they all compete with each other. I wouldn't be on that. It frightens the life out of me.
If I change car, I change car. I don't get very fond of things.
If I wear too much tartan, I tend to look like a Thermos flask.
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.
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.
It is all down to 'The Two Ronnies.' Those years with Ronnie Barker were the spine of my career.
It is nice to be appreciated by the youngsters.
It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that.
It's difficult to be clean and clever at the same time, but a lot of our stuff was.
I've been lucky in that I've always loved my job.
I've had a very happy life, and although I have had tragedy, I've never suffered from any darkness.
My father instilled attention to detail and a sense of duty and responsibility.
My first pet at home in Edinburgh was a dog my dad had called Glen. He was a small sheepdog and went with my dad every day to work as manager of a cooking centre, which made the children's lunches for schools.
Our comedy was light-hearted amusement that seemingly tripped naturally off the tongue. That's why I don't think it will date.
Part of my style was getting into a muddle. Audiences think that's part of the act. Sometimes it might be - but you have to guess which bits.
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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Ronnie Corbett
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04 December, 1930
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