I’ve always been the opposite of a paranoid. I operate as if everyone is part of a plot to enhance my well-being.


Jack Canfield

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Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist&...
JACK WHITEHALL
I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.
JACK WHITEHALL
Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're no...
JACK WHITEHALL
My dad doesn't hug me enough!
JACK WHITEHALL
I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I ...
JACK WHITEHALL
My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't suc...
JACK WHITEHALL
I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
JACK WHITEHALL
I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm...
JACK WHITEHALL
I never know what defines you as being posh. I went to a posh school, definitely.
JACK WHITEHALL
There's a real sense of camaraderie with sitcoms.
JACK WHITEHALL
I eat healthily, as it keeps my energy up.
JACK WHITEHALL
Society is so divided in its perception of public school people. Most people who went to public scho...
JACK WHITEHALL
I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to ha...
JACK WHITEHALL
Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around.
JACK WHITEHALL
When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck te...
JACK WHITEHALL
Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the sa...
JACK WHITEHALL
I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like ...
JACK WHITEHALL
If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
JACK WHITEHALL
I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is ...
JACK WHITEHALL
I vote for whoever will annoy my dad.
JACK WHITEHALL
When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.
JACK WHITEHALL
I'm not actually posh; I'm really rough and from the wrong side of the tracks. I grew up in ...
JACK WHITEHALL
I like to think I'm a bit smarter than I sometimes let on.
JACK WHITEHALL
I think people respect honesty rather than hiding it.
JACK WHITEHALL
If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes ...
JACK WHITEHALL
Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll ...
JACK WHITE
A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. Th...
JACK WHITE
I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so ...
JACK WHITE
I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my fri...
JACK WHITE
There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so ...
JACK WHITE
If you have twenty guys in the room and you just bring in one girl, you change the entire mood and e...
JACK WHITE
We have a secret project at Third Man where we want to have the first vinyl record played in outer s...
JACK WHITE
I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But...
JACK WHITE
I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want th...
JACK WHITE
I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into thing...
JACK WHITE
I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. Ther...
JACK WHITE
Nowadays, everybody assumes, when they wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get ...
JACK WHITE
I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my li...
JACK WHITE
I was in a Montessori school. There was a drum circle with all the kids passing around a little bong...
JACK WHITE
With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. ...
JACK WHITE
When you put something out there into the world, there's all these words you don't want to h...
JACK WHITE