24+ Matt Lucas Quotes On Filmmaking, Star And Comedic

Matt Lucas is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his work on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain, and for his portrayal of Nardole in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who. He has also appeared in films such as Alice in Wonderland, Bridesmaids, and Paddington. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Matt Lucas on love, leadership, filmmaking.

Top 10 Matt Lucas Quotes

1. When I left school I was full of angst, like any teenager, and I channeled it all into comedy.
2. It's very likely that graduates, current employees and retirees have some wonderful pieces of Deer Park history in their closets or garages.
3. Keep yourself busy if you want to avoid depression. For me, inactivity is the enemy.
4. I'm a very recent convert to the gay scene. I went to a party a couple of years ago and met a very nice man who took me under his wing and started taking me out to clubs. It was a revelation.
5. I finally learned to love myself by dressing up as Geri Halliwell.
6. The most useful form of time travel would be to go back a year or two and rectify the mistakes we made.
7. People see my impressions as a great skill and I am flattered, but there are things I can't do that everyone else can. I can do funny voices and funny faces but I can't drive.
8. It's important to hold something back, though, because quite frankly my personal life is pretty dull and I don't want to bore people with it.
9. If the worst that happens is that I wake up and see a picture of myself and a headline saying, 'He wasn't very funny last night', then I've got nothing to complain about.
10. Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic experiences into their art.

Matt Lucas Short Quotes

• What fun is life without a bit of showing off?
• I think this [Gnomeo & Juliet] is the closest I ought to get to Shakespeare to be honest.
• I don't expect to be thin, but I'd like to feel a bit healthier.
• I am a bit of a daydreamer.
• If I ever play Hamlet, it'll be in a dress!
• You wouldn't know how to perform a sketch that you don't find funny. You just couldn't do it.

Matt Lucas Quotes About People

I mean comedy is something that's very personal and people have strong opinions about. — Matt Lucas

It was very pleasurable and easy and it was nice to work with friends... people I already knew, people I didn't know but I now count as friends. There is a lot of hard work that goes into the movie but I can't claim to have been any part of that. — Matt Lucas

People will love something very much or hate something very much. But the great thing about a sketch show is that if something comes along that you don't like, something else will come along in a minute that hopefully you might like that. — Matt Lucas

Matt Lucas Famous Quotes And Sayings

I told Bernie Taupin that his best lyrics were for Song For Guy just because it doesn't have any words in it. But there you go... I'm a wind up! But a good Elton song for karaoke is I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues... "laughing like children, living like lovers, rolling like thunder under the covers..." Everyone can join in! — Matt Lucas

I'm just glad that on a budget like this I don't have to make any of those hard decisions because I feel it must be a real job to direct this, as there's so much going on. — Matt Lucas

But we did see the process develop. I remember going to the Rocket Pictures base and they had something like 40 people there, drawing. They didn't know what the characters looked like yet and I remember on the walls seeing 30 or 40 different versions of Juliet. So, it was then that I realised that someone's got to come in and make some really executive decisions. — Matt Lucas

My favourite song of Elton's is... it's a tricky one for me. I'm a proper fan and I've probably seen him in concert about a dozen times before I even met him. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, which isn't in this film... but whenever I see him, I always tell him that Passengers is my favourite song because it's one of his least auspicious ones. — Matt Lucas

You have to get rid of characters to make room for new ones, but you also have to recognize when things are done. — Matt Lucas

Life Lessons by Matt Lucas

1. Matt Lucas has shown that it is possible to be successful in the entertainment industry while being true to yourself and not conforming to societal expectations.
2. He has also demonstrated that it is possible to use comedy to address important issues such as mental health and LGBTQ+ rights.
3. Finally, Lucas has shown that it is possible to create a successful career while being open and honest about your struggles and experiences.