Ellie Taylor

“My dad's pretty funny. He's funny for all of the wrong reasons. The first time I did standup at Edinburgh he sat in the front row and wore sunglasses because he didn't want to put me off.”

“If I see a baby, I don't feel anything. It's like Theresa May walking past a homeless person.”

“I wear a lot of black, floaty things, but I've got lots of bright, flowery stuff, too.”

“I'm not interested in babies at all. Babies to me are like wasps: pointless, irritating and even one can ruin a picnic. They're just not my bag at all.”

“People who have heard of me have heard of me mostly through presenting and asked, 'Why have you gone into comedy?'”

“I started comedy as a hobby with no intention of making it my career.”

“There's always someone out there being mean, but what upsets me is the spite. Why are you like that? Why are you so horrible?”

“There was the phase I went through where I'd put streaks of red food colouring in my fringe as some kind of budget instant hair dye. Fine until it rained and I looked like I'd had a head injury.”

“Show Me The Funny' was not very successful ratings wise, but the right people saw me.”