The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper - perhaps Welsh rarebit - and then arrive early to do some stretching exercises in the foyer before curtain-up.
I couldn't really see the point of having lunch unless it started at 1:00 and ended a week later in Monte Carlo. - Arthur Smith
I couldn't really see the point of having lunch unless it started at 1:00 and ended a week later in Monte Carlo.
- Arthur Smith
I'm an armchair kind of guy, especially when it's raining, which it always is and always will be. - Arthur Smith
I'm an armchair kind of guy, especially when it's raining, which it always is and always will be.
It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it. - Arthur Smith
It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.
Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world. - Arthur Smith
Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world.
The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance. - Arthur Smith
The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance.
Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners. - Arthur Smith
Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners.
Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.' - Arthur Smith
Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'
I like doing things I haven't learnt about yet. I've always been interested in art, and I love doing art. - Arthur Smith
I like doing things I haven't learnt about yet. I've always been interested in art, and I love doing art.
An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist. - Arthur Smith
An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist.
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