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Frank Skinner

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2010-06-13

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2010-06-13

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1. “Well, I was I had a proper old fashioned run of the mill addiction before I started, which was alcohol. And when I quit doing alcohol, I started doing comedy very shortly afterwards. So I need a big obsession in my life, I think. So I replaced alcohol with comedy, which is safer, I think.”

   2010-06-13 · Desert Island Discs · Frank Skinner · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

2. “I seem to remember at school the teacher once she had to go out for some reason and she said, can you entertain the class? And she put me at the front of the class. And I did like about four or five minutes of funny stories. Looking back, it feels destined, but I didn't work it out until I was 30.”

   2010-06-13 · Desert Island Discs · Frank Skinner · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

3. “Now because I am in my foolishness when I decided I wanted to be a comedian, I immediately booked a room at the next Edinburgh Festival and I took out all my life safings which were at that time four hundred pounds and paid for it. At this point I'd never done a gig. So when I did the first gig and realised I was awful, I couldn't lose that four hundred quid so I thought I had about eight months to get an hour of acceptable material so there was no opportunity to pull out.”

   2010-06-13 · Desert Island Discs · Frank Skinner · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

4. “Now the first gig was Horrendous But you know first kicks should be for a comedian because you have to learn the terror of dying on stage and anyone who experiences that basically you either get better or you get out and I decided to try and get better”

   2010-06-13 · Desert Island Discs · Frank Skinner · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source