Australian Comedian Barry Humphries Quotes

New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of which think they are human.

Barry Humphries

Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. This is the new purism, honey. Stops us from expressing ourselves.

Barry Humphries

My parents were very happy that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it pleased him even more.

Barry Humphries

Living permanently in Australia is like going to a party and dancing the whole night with your mom.

Barry Humphries

Most of my contemporaries in school entered the world of business, the logical destiny of sacks.

Barry Humphries

I suffer greatly from nerves. I get a lot of stage fright, and it gets worse, but the stage is still my life.

Barry Humphries

I think of myself as an actor. An actor's duty is to be able to play anything – a child, an old man, a tree, a chair, a woman.

Barry Humphries

People watch my shows just for me, and even after the guests have been forgotten, those shows remain evergreen.

Barry Humphries

I really feel sorry for kids who aren't interested in history - recent history, either, because it is what made us who we are.

Barry Humphries