Tony Hancock
6 quotes
Biography
"[His eponymous role in Hancock's Half Hour wasn't] a character I put on and off like a coat. It's a part of me and a part of everybody I see."
"I wouldn't expect happiness. I don’t. I don’t think it is possible. But I'm very fortunate to be able to work in something that I like... The only happiness I could achieve would be to perfect the talent I have, however small it may be ... and if such a time came when I found that I had come to the end of what I could develop out of my own ability, limited however it may be, then I wouldn’t want to do it anymore."
"It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy."
"We try to... we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think."
"It's red hot, mate. I hate to think of this sort of book getting in the wrong hands. As soon as I've finished this, I shall recommend they ban it."
"Stone me, what a life!"