David Walliams Quotes

I had a very happy childhood, but I wasn't that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices. I think that's when your creativity is developed, when you're young. I liked the world of the imagination because it was an easy place to go to.
David Walliams

Alone, Happy, Creativity

I'm terribly attention-seeking. It's very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can't exactly.
David Walliams

Control, Different, Once

It's important when you're married not to forget those things you used to do when you were trying to get her to marry you. You can't send flowers and buy gifts then, when you're married, say, 'Right, get my tea on'. That doesn't go down well. So you've got to keep that level of interest going.
David Walliams

Forget, Important, Down

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.
David Walliams

Life, Making, Joke

I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work.
David Walliams

Life, Work, Good

I was the kind of person who got bullied and loved the attention of it.
David Walliams

Person, Attention, Loved

When you are doing endurance swimming you just need to take in as many carbs as possible to put on as much weight as you can. Basically you can eat whatever you want, which can be quite fun. Everything is guilt-free.
David Walliams

Fun, Everything, Put

When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me.
David Walliams

Book, Everything, Child

Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so. I should know. I'm a children's writer myself.
David Walliams

Children, Poor, Often

I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth.
David Walliams

Love, Emotional, Book

Reality always outstrips fiction. Whatever you make up, something more incredible always pops up in real life.
David Walliams

Life, Reality, Real

All human life can be found in an airport.
David Walliams

Life, Human, Found

Definitely I love women, I love being around women, I find them incredible and intoxicating, and I've never had that feeling I get with women with a man.
David Walliams

Love, Women, Feeling

I am a huge fan of 'Doctor Who.'
David Walliams

Doctor, Fan, Huge

I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.
David Walliams

Politics, Why, Anyone

I don't get recognized much, and am very happy with that. The fans I have met have all been delightful.
David Walliams

Happy, Fans, Recognized

I don't have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And I'm willing to risk quite a lot - as a comedian, you're always risking a lot. You're risking failure, especially if you're improvising and going on TV shows trying to make comedy out of thin air. That is quite a risky business.
David Walliams

Business, Fear, Failure

I don't have a lot to share with other men. My heart sinks when I get into a taxi and someone starts talking to me about football.
David Walliams

Men, Heart, Someone

I don't know what I'll be like when I'm 60. I already have the traits of a retired gentleman.
David Walliams

Gentleman, Traits, Retired

I have a pathological fear of being on my own. When I'm with my own thoughts, I start to unravel myself, and I start to think really dark thoughts, self-destructive thoughts.
David Walliams

Fear, Thoughts, Dark

I have always liked shows that have laughter in them.
David Walliams

Laughter, Shows, Liked

I haven't put much effort into my personal life and blithely believe it will turn out all right in the end.
David Walliams

I haven't traditionally been a family entertainer.
David Walliams

I know some of my parents' friends think 'Little Britain' is in incredibly poor taste. But swimming the Channel? You can't really say anything negative about that, can you? There's nothing better than making your parents happy. The glee on my father's face that day was amazing.
David Walliams

Amazing, Happy, Father

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name With somebody who either is famous or becomes famous.
David Walliams

Famous, Somebody, Either

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Actor

Born: August 20, 1971

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