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Norman Wisdom
English
Comedian
About the author
But no, I've just been very lucky. But I've worked hard, and the harder you work, the luckier you seem to get.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Work
At my age, the radiation will probably do me good.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Will
#Age
All my boyhood, all I ever wanted was to be loved.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Music
I've always had a sense of humour, and I still do, so I just want to go on performing as long as I can. It's as simple as that.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Want
#Sense
I've an idea for doing a Situation Comedy myself but its always difficult to get people to listen to you because they like to put their own ideas forward.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#People
#Idea
#Ideas
#Comedy
I've been extremely lucky having been in the army when I was a boy of fourteen.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Army
I've done seven shows at the Palladium - long running shows I'm talking about.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Talking
#Running
I've got one idea I want to do for a film and you know I just enjoy myself doing bits and pieces.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Want
#Film
#Idea
In fact, one was so booked out we went from March and were to go till November, but the pantomime was booked so they transferred the show to the Prince of Wales Theatre because it was so packed out, and it ran on from there.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#March
#Fact
#Theatre
Of course I've done musicals here in London.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#London
Such is life and life is such and after all it isn't much. First a cradle. Then a hearse. It might have been better, but it could have been worse.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Life
#First
Well if I was going to describe my audience, it's going to take longer than you'd ever expect, hundreds of years in fact, because there's many of them, all over the world.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Years
#World
#Fact
As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#First
#Memory
You know I've got a chum, a smashing mate, he's got a dog with no legs, and he calls it a cigarette. It's true, yeah, because at nighttime he has to take it out for a drag.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
I'm still constantly thinking of ideas. I don't feel 90. I think I'm about 12.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Thinking
#Ideas
I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Circumstances
#Parents
I was born in very sorry circumstances.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Circumstances
I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Home
#London
#Night
#School
#Scotland
I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have fun with a crowd of my chums.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Now
#Fun
#First
I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Play
I owe everything to the army.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Army
I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Want
#Childhood
#Consistency
I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Nothing
#Reason
#Communism
I do play drums when I'm on tour.
Norman Wisdom,
English
Comedian
#Play