“I played football for a long time when I was a kid, and then I went to art college and turned my back on it. Because of that, my toes are mangled; they've been broken. They're like hooves or talons. They're disgusting. I'd never get them out.”

English comedian, actor, writer, television personality, and artist

Noel Fielding is an English comedian, actor, writer, television personality, and artist. He came to wider attention in the late 1990s as part of the comedy troupe The Mighty Boosh. He is known for dark, surreal comedy and for work that crosses performance, writing, television, and visual art. His public image is closely tied to an offbeat comic sensibility, with material and appearances that often lean toward the strange, playful, and unexpected.