Russell Howard
Russell Howard

I'm a very early riser on holiday. I am invariably down at the pool on a sun lounger even before anyone can put a towel on one.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

Los Angeles feels empty and overrated. I struggle with it as a holiday destination. It's the sort of place where you need to know some locals, otherwise it just feels so empty.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

Mumbai was magical, which I was really surprised by, and I got an insight into the world of Bollywood while hanging out with some Bollywood film stars while there.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

I just don't care what people like Lily Allen think about stuff.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

If you want any attention in the Howard household, you have to shout quite loudly and try to develop a personality.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

Doing the O2 Arena in London in 2011 was pretty awesome.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

I think all our leaders are utterly beneath us. You just watch 'Prime Minister's Questions' and go: 'How is this the best that we've got?'

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

I find it really weird, when I'm shopping in Tesco, the amount of times I have people like: 'What you doing in here? You're famous!'

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

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?

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

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.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

I'd been writing jokes since I was 16, not very good ones though, but I was always trying to make my mates laugh.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

Most comics' first gig is either brilliant or horrific.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

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.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

I just couldn't do a comedy show about 'The History Of Dinosaurs;' I'd get bored too easily.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

Sometimes improv doesn't work on TV because the audience had heard the thing that was shouted and they're very much alive, the audience in the room - they're alive in that moment. Whereas the audience sat at home on the sofa, it feels like it's part of a party that they haven't been invited to.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

It's just a joy travelling with your job. You get to wander around these interesting cities and then things happen or you observe things and you go on stage at the end of the night and chat about it.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

Yeah, I'd love to write a film, that'd be great.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

I wanna be incidental characters in 'Only Fools and Horses,' that would have been good. I wouldn't mind playing Trigger, Trigger would have been good.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

What do you know when you're 19? I was just stomping around doing gigs.

Russell Howard
Russell Howard

There's a lot of brilliant comics who are amazing, but you can see them doing the same 20 minutes that they were doing five years ago, verbatim. I think that doesn't lend itself to progressing.