A biography for Russell Howardhasn’t been written yet.
“Like most comedians, I have crippling low self-esteem, so I always think that what I've just done is rubbish.”
“It's really frustrating when you write a show and it's really funny and someone and from Standards and Decency says, 'You can't put that in because it has a naughty word.'”
“Whenever I come to Ireland, I end up just bantering with the crowd so the show will just be what it is.”
“I bought my mum a car, and I bought my brother one of those hoverboards for Christmas, and I bought my family a holiday to Australia.”
“Tommy Tiernan is an Irish comic who I believe is one of the finest in the world.”
“I'll sit down for 'Stranger Things' or 'The Handmaid's Tale' - or a really good documentary.”
“My Mum is not used to being in-front of camera.”
“I buy a lot of Liverpool trinkets. I've got Philippe Coutinho's boot - I spent three grand on that. Which, you know, is insane. But it's Philippe Coutinho's boot, what you gonna do?”
“I'm quite good at talking about things I care about.”
“There's a club called Headliners in Chiswick where I do a lot of my warmups for tours. For me it's a nice 'big-small' room: it's a 300 seater, which feels small but you can still get big laughs.”
“I never really wanted to be on telly.”
“I've been doing stand-up for 15 years and I've never even been invited to the Comedy Awards! How mental is that?”
“You can make bleak things funny but if you're glib about it, it doesn't work.”
“I just don't care what people like Lily Allen think about stuff.”
“My mum is unwittingly funny.”
“Oddly, I am really cool under pressure.”
“Most comics' first gig is either brilliant or horrific.”
“The Edinburgh Fringe is a tough beast and you do whatever you can to get through it. But it's really the worst place to see comedians; everyone is so tense and nervous because it feels like Ofsted inspectors are out there.”
“I don't really do any corporate gigs or I don't really cash in which is a bit silly and much to the annoyance of my family. I'd rather just do gigs that I like and TV shows that I like rather than personal appearances at a nightclub.”
“Portland is incredible. It's the most amazing place.”