Eddie Izzard quotes
- From the movie: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
“I like my coffee like I like my women. In a plastic cup.”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
You say, "Do you want a cup of coffee?" and she says, "Yeah, okay". Then sex is on, yes? Doesn't always work, though. If the President of Burundi says do you want a cup of coffee, you're not supposed to go.
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
“I like my coffee hot and strong, like I like my women, hot and strong... with a spoon in them.”
- From the movie: Every Day
“You're not nearly as boring as you pretend to be.”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
“Britain should be in the driving seat of Europe. In the driver's seat, or in the passenger seat. That's good, cuz then you can take a sleep.”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
Martin Luther was a German fellow who pinned a note on a church door that said, "Hang on a minute!". Actually, he was German so, "Ein minuten bitte! Ich habe einen klienen problemo avec diese religioni. He was from everywhere".
“I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
“I am a professional transvestite, so I can run about in heels and not fall over.”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
“If a woman falls over wearing heels, that's embarrassing, but if a bloke falls over wearing heels, then you have to kill yourself. It's the end of your life. Its quite difficult.”
- From the movie: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
“I said I would not fight you. I didn't say I'd let you live.”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
“It's the cutting edge of politics in a very extraordinarily boring way!”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
When you're more mature, you do start telling the truth, in odd situations. "I'm sorry, I've broken a glass here. Is that expensive? I'll pay for it. I'm sorry". And you do that so that people in the room might go, "What a strong personality that person has. I like to have sex with people with strong personalities".
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
“We stole countries! That's how you build an empire. We stole countries with the cunning use of flags!”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
“There's two positions in snowboarding. One is looking cool and the other is dead!”
- From the movie: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
“- Reepicheep: We were expecting someone taller!
- Trumpkin: You're one to talk.
- Reepicheep: Is that supposed to be irony?” - From the movie: Dress to Kill
“There's not much makeup in the army, is there? They only have that nighttime look, and that's a bit slapdash, isn't it?”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
“Pol Pot killed one point seven million Cambodians, died under house arrest, well done there. Stalin killed many millions, died in his bed, aged seventy-two, well done indeed. And the reason we let them get away with it is they killed their own people. And we're sort of fine with that.”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
“Hitler ended up in a ditch covered in petrol on fire... so, that's fun. I think that's funny. Because he was a mass-murdering fuck-head!”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
The National RifleAssociation says that, "Guns don't kill people, uh, people do." But I think, I think the gun helps. You know? I think it helps. I just think just standing there going, "Bang!" That's not going to kill too many people, is it? You'd have to be really dodgy on the heart to have that.
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
“I didn't tell anyone at school that I was a transvestite, because I was afraid they'd kill me with sticks.”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
“When you're a transvestite, you're actually a male tomboy.”
- From the movie: Dress to Kill
“Cable cars are fun - everyone gets on board and becomes a rhesus monkey.”
- From the movie: Velvet Goldmine
“Every great century that produces art is, so far, an artificial century, and the work that seems the most natural and simple of its time is always the result of the most self-conscious effort.”
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