A biography for Ronnie Corbetthasn’t been written yet.
“I look forward to doing everything, whether appearing on TV or walking the dog.”
“What is so good about 'Gavin and Stacey' is that it is very real, Welsh, and well written.”
“As you get older, you worry about your memory.”
“If I wear too much tartan, I tend to look like a Thermos flask.”
“The funny thing about the golf swing is that you try to alter it and end up with the same faults as you've had all your life.”
“I like to do enough work to keep myself sharp and relevant without trying to be trendy.”
“People who want to do stand-up from the start - I mean that's an extremely self-centred thing to want, isn't it?”
“We had brilliant writers on our shows, and I do think that 'The Two Ronnies' has stood the test of time. It was certainly the greatest fun to do.”
“Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.”
“I have not survived 50 years in showbusiness by being Mr. Nice. If you are weak, this business eats you up.”
“I've been lucky in that I've always loved my job.”
“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.”
“We did Donald McGill, seaside-postcard stuff - middle of the road.”
“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.”
“The really funny moments you notice throughout your life are very seldom generated by one person telling a joke.”
“David Frost plucked me from the nightclubs.”
“A man can add to his sexuality by being funny, whereas a woman can diminish hers. I don't know why that's the case: it's completely unfair.”
“I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment - it won't die easily.”
“I have been trapped in some posh toilets, including those in Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, and at Victor Spinetti's memorial at St. Paul's Covent Garden, I got locked in the loo.”
“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.”