Eddie Izzard Quotes
born 1962 England
Suzy Eddie Izzard (born Edward John Izzard, 7 February 1962 in Yemen) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and political activist.
Also known as: Izzard, Eddie, Suzy Eddie Izzard, Suzy Izzard
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If you're going up for a Hollywood film, you'd better stay in boy mode because producers don't have wild imaginations.
I prefer she/her, don’t mind he/him, and I’m going to be relaxed about it. It’s not the time for fighting each other on this.
If you've never seen an elephant ski, then you've never been on acid.
Definite Article (1996)
What I want people to understand is this isn't an act. This is an intrinsic part of who I am. I wear girlie stuff on the street, not just on stage.
Cats have a scam going – you buy the food, they eat the food, they fuck off; that's the deal.
Unrepeatable (1994)
If you can walk down the street in women's clothes, you can do anything.
I've been promoted to she, and it's a great honour.
Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion – they're two words which are both … different. In spelling.
Live at the Ambassadors (1993)
And we're going, "Oh, Captain Clever! Whoa-ho-ho! Rattle it, and if it doesn't go off, it can't be a bomb!"
Live at the Ambassadors (1993)
Well it feels great, because people just assume that they know me from before but I'm gender fluid.
I just want to be based in girl mode from now on.
I'm severely atypically dyslexic. My spelling's all over the place: cat with a 'k', ceiling with an 's'. I-Spy games went on for ever as a kid.
Relationships with me are tricky. You've got to be a woman who's very self-confident about your own sexuality to go out with me.
I try to do things that I think are interesting, and this is the first programme I’ve asked if I can be she and her. The transition period.
I've got this weird thing which is, for one thing, making the stuff universal. Anyone would get the references in my show, no matter what the country.
Charles Darwin wrote a famous book in 18[gibberish]. And that book was an interesting book, cuz it was called "Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-You".
Stripped (2009)
(Talking about American and British Language) You say 'erbs and we say herbs, because there's a fucking 'H' in it.
Dress to Kill (1998)
I am a lesbian trapped in a man's body.
Unrepeatable (1994)
That's how I see my audience, a surrogate affection machine. It doesn't necessarily have to be comedy, either. It could be drama or music, anything where you want that love back.
I have played one transgender character. I will play hopefully more transgender roles in the future, but there are a lot of boy genetics in me so I am happy to play boy roles. It would be great if more transgender actors can play more transgender characters.
So I've learnt that the world is 4,500 million years old. If you're very religious, then it's not 4,500 million years old, it's 6,000 years old. One of these is not correct.
Stripped (2009)