A biography for Jack Whitehallhasn’t been written yet.
“I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like 'Guard 17' - so I wrote plays and gave myself parts, then I wrote sketches, then I did stand-up. Even in the school nativity I was the emu in the manger.”
“If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes you can't.”
“I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.”
“Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.”
“I was the first person in the world to audition for 'The Hobbit'. The casting director told me that when I went in. That's a lot of pressure, isn't it? The first person in the world.”
“I hope people think of me as a bit older. I do have a beard. That makes me look very old.”
“I vote for whoever will annoy my dad.”
“I have got a fantastic life and I just like to get on with it, and I am quite a private person.”
“I love stand-up, but the process of writing is a little more lonely. I want to keep doing both, though.”
“I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was the clang of people carving turkey during the set. If you put comedy and turkey side by side, turkey always wins.”
“I'm not actually posh; I'm really rough and from the wrong side of the tracks. I grew up in Putney, which is pretty rough.”