Quotes by David Walliams

I don't get recognized much, and am very happy with that. The fans I have met have all been delightful.
– David Walliams
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
I have always liked shows that have laughter in them.
– David Walliams
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
I love wearing drag.
– David Walliams
I was the kind of person who got bullied and loved the attention of it.
– David Walliams
I would recommend that anyone who wants to do comedy on TV to do radio first.
– David Walliams
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
Oh yes, of course I was bullied - The boys used to call me Daphne, which was meant to put me down. I was very camp.
– David Walliams
People feel they know me because of my Little Britain characters - But I'm not a Little Britain character. No one knows what I'm really like.
– David Walliams
We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things.
– David Walliams
When I want comfort food, I buy Maltesers. I like all chocolates, but especially those. You can eat them, and because they're so light, you can convince yourself that they are not actually that fattening.
– David Walliams
The most used piece of kit in my kitchen is my saucepan. I use it every morning to cook my porridge in. The least used piece of equipment? I'd say a food mixer. I've never used it, I don't really know what they're for.
– David Walliams
I've noticed that once you leave London you do kind of become a bit more famous. People in London are a bit too cool for school. It's not so unusual to see someone from London in the street. But outside of London people are a bit more excited to see you and come out and support you.
– David Walliams
I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.
– 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
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
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
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
I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.
– David Walliams