Many, many years ago before I got into comedy, I applied to be a spy for MI5. I got down to the last 30 out of 3,000 applicants. The top 1 per cent of potential spies that this country had to offer before they decided no, a blind spy wasn't what they were looking for but, you know, I think they had a point.
More Quotes by Chris McCausland
I am a self-confessed rock fan and metal head, but I love good music, and 40 years on the Pet Shop Boys still have it.
I've been a stand-up now for over two decades and I am lucky enough to enjoy the privilege of being able to tour and fill theatres.
Stand-up doesn't terrify me or even make me nervous beyond some pre-show restless excitement.
I love stand-up, but it has become so normal and natural to me that the buzz comes from the adrenaline of a great show rather than from the fear or nerves of doing something new and unknown.
Strictly,' I thought, could actually be the best thing that I've ever done - possibly, maybe, well either that or three weeks that I'll never live down.
I want to fit into the electric atmosphere of a live 'Strictly' show and for the crowd to be entertained and not to have the atmosphere flattened to accommodate me. I would rather go out in week two having disastrously immersed myself in the show's noisy energy than get through to week 10 in silence.