People really have come for a dialogue when they go to a stand-up show in the U.K. They say, ‘I understand that you have now finished your little comedy monologue; now I have something to say regarding what I’ve just heard. – John Oliver
People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on ‘The Daily Show’… I don’t think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor. – John Oliver
I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It’s like whatever the opposite of a hug is. – John Oliver
Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury. – John Oliver
I would never heckle someone. That’s why I think I’m so interested in someone that would. – John Oliver
If you work on a comedy show, your basic form of communication is teasing. That’s generally how we speak to each other: you communicate the information between the lines of insulting sentences. – John Oliver
Attending a Sarah Palin rally was simultaneously one of the strangest and most chilling events of my life. – John Oliver
I watch one news channel until my soul can’t take it anymore. It’s the background of my life. – John Oliver
I really love stand-up. I’m more than happy to do it for nothing. I’ve come to America to do it for nothing. It’s the American Dream: Work for free. – John Oliver
