A biography for Hannah Gadsbyhasn’t been written yet.
“'Nanette' has been a journey. She went from being something of a personal little blast to the world from me, that I expected would seal me off into the margins as far as my career is concerned, and into an idiosyncratic sort of life beyond all of that.”
“Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you take the shame away, and immediately, they're back in the fold. You should never soak anybody in shame. It's the prolonged existence of shame that then flips out into destructive rage. We can't exist in that. It's like treacle.”
“There are times I've been surprised by how emotional I can be on stage.”
“A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it.”
“I found that pottering is very conducive to my creative process, so now, I find myself being incredibly creative because I've got such much to procrastinate with.”
“I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.”
“I've always done live art history lectures and small documentaries in the past in Australia, on Australian art and art galleries, so I've already done a lot of that.”
“Just because you're gay doesn't mean you're not homophobic.”
“If the only reason to be on stage communicating with people is to tell them a joke and make them laugh, that seems thin for me. That has a place - I don't think it should stop happening - but for me, I don't know. I just don't.”
“This adoration of an artist as a lone genius is quite misled, I think, because they are very much part of their time and their community.”
“The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.”
“Most accountants are strange - let's be honest.”
“A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.”
“Just because it's been around for centuries, doesn't mean it's cool to be a creepy old man.”
“#MeToo should not be limited to art or TV.”
“A lot of people who have experienced trauma at the hands of people they've trusted take responsibility, and that is what's toxic.”
“If a documentary crew were to follow me around, they'd probably think they were making a film about the saddest person in the world.”