Name: Edward John Izzard Born: 7th February 1962 in Aden, Yemen Lives: London Schools: Primary school in Northern Ireland; St John's boarding school in Porthcawl, Wales; St Bede's boarding school in Eastbourne; Eastbourne College; Sheffield University to study 'accounting and financial management with mathematics' STATS AS NICKED FROM UNREPEATABLE PROGRAMME: Birthdate: 7/2/62 Place of Birth: Aden, Yemen Height: 5ft 7 and a half inches apparently Weight: I don't know at the moment. I was fatter and I've got less. I think it's about 10 and a half. I t could be 11 and a half. Could be 11. I'm honestly not sure. 10 and a half I think is what I'm trying to get to Eyes: Blue Hair: Brownish. Changeable. But I'm really a blonde at heart Demeanour: Lazy bastard with a huge drive thing. That sort of answers most things, why I'm sometimes slovenly and can't get anything done, other times i'm doing a 55 day tour and that's no problem State of mind: I'm very curious, very enquiring. I like learning things Home: London. Essentially, where I am. Not particularly my flat Habits: Watching telly, watching black and white films. Always leaving just enough time to be late for things. I'm always 15 minutes late Unusual skills: All my unusual skills I use now. So I'm looking for normal skills. I can unicycle Previous jobs: Two weeks as a barman, three weeks as a waiter. I worked in a self-service cafe in Bexhill. Apart from that they were all performing. I won't work unless I perform. I didn't want to work as a waiter, I want to act, and they said "Oh, you can't act. No-one's allowed to unless you're an actor" Which meant if you don't know actors..... Likes: Ice cream, I like the Scottish Highlands, and I like the South Downs and I like the cosmopolitan thing in London. I like communication. I like the positive application of technology Dislikes: I dislike people who are sure, people with closed minds Phobias: I'm not wild on spiders that are big and move fast and tear your head off. I get quite worried about large sea storms in dark places. If you go somewhere and it's really blowing, down some sort of seafront, huge waves crashing. It scares the shit out of me Music: I like James and I like the Wonderstuff and I like Tom Jones' last track. I really like 'Nightswimming', REM, 'Automatic for the People' - that album I really like. Pulp, Mozart. I really liked ABC's 'Lexicon of Love'. Portishead Clothing: I like these boots I got which lace up to the knee, which you get from women's boot shops, but I don't call them women's boot shops, I call them boot shops. I like grandad shirts and black Levi's, Oh and I've got this big red burgundy long coat. It's very swirly. Got it from Jigsaw Designer: I've just started thinking I should look at designrs. I like Vivienne Westwood's whole attitude. They seem to be for very skinny women. I don't think I could cross over, even though I believe in total clothing rights. I like Gaultier. I wear whatever I want, but certain things are going to work better than others Cosmetic: I'm pretty expert on nail varnish. 2000 Calorie mascara. It's supposed to fatten up your eyeashes Food & drink: Haagen Dazs ice cream, which I shouldn't eat and I try not to. I think I'm allergic to it. I like whiskey at the moment. Irish. Hot whiskey Shops: I tend just to go into shops and hunt around. I like Hamleys. I go into tower Records a lot. I'd always buy things for the office to keep things going. Which is incredibly boring Places: North of France, I like Normandy and I like Berlin, Paris, the Highlands of Scotland, Ireland and London Journey: If I go South from Victoria on the train, that's quite weird because I sort of travel back into my past. A journey back in time Buildings: I like the Tate Gallery when you're going along the South Bank. Even though I'm not into monarchy, it's impressive going down the Mall to Buck Palace. I do that drive just for the space and the white marble or whatever. It's the big streets Villains: It's so boring but I'm really not into the Thatcher style. I think it was a really patronising time of bullshit in politics and business. Hire people, sack people. power, power, power. 'The people of Britain agree with me....' What gives you the right to say that, shithead? Heroes: I have people I really admire. Heroes are dangerous because they've got to be human at some point. And if they're human they've got to fuck up at some point. I really like David Putnam Films: I like 'Pulp Fiction', I really like 'Robin & Marian', 'Die Hard', 'Cinema Paradiso', I quite like 'Where Eagles Dare', 'The Great Escape'. I have about 50 or 60 films at home Actors: Gary Oldman, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Alan Rickman, Lindsey Duncan Humourists: Gary Larson, Asterix, Python, Spike, Billy Connolly, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, Woody Allen, Dave Letterman, Bill hicks, Groucho and the Marx Brothers TV and radio: 'The Goons', 'Cheers' and 'Roseanne' all of the Hancock stuff, 'The Good Life' I liked. It was bizarre. What was the edge on that? The edge was that they were living out of his back garden. It was so middle England. There was one episode when Tom Good takes the piss out of this one guy who talks to his plants which is now a very positive '90's thing - this was someone who was digging up his own garden. I was in hysterics. I like 'Absolutely Fabulous', 'Harry Enfield, 'On the Hour', 'Have I got News for You?' Books & authors: I dont read much ecause I take so long to read things. I'll catch up one day. This partial dyslexia thing. I just take ages to read. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' I really went for. I read lots of factual stuff. 'All The President's Men'. I'm very thinly read. Stacks of biographies. Melvyn Bragg on Richard Burton. I've read all about the Kennedy's - a fascinating study of hunger Angered by: I'm angered by people forgetting what war does Moved by: I really get moved by people winning races, by running really hard and coming from behind to win Sports personality: Martina Navratilova. Because of what she had to overcome. She came out and she won over America. She was a great champion because she was so butch and mannish and she won over the world. She got respect, and she won that respect. it was difficult. She kept going out and fighting and she wasn't arsy about it. I really respect that Words of wisdom: Enjoy the journey. 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