Milton Jones: ‘I was heckled by Paul Weller and Robbie Williams at the same gig!’
The standup on the power of strange shirts, the importance of never Googling yourself and how he came to specialise in one-liners
How did you get into comedy?
I tried to be an actor, but nobody else wanted me to be one. Then I tried standup so “theatre people” could come and see me. Slowly I began to evolve a character that did one-liners, mainly because I was so terrified that I had to get to the bit where people laughed as quickly as possible. It only really took off when I stuck my hair up and started wearing strange shirts and jumpers. (This was supposed to be a signpost that I was coming from leftfield.) This all helped create a world I could begin to write for.
Who did you admire when you were starting out?
I was mostly inspired by comic actors like Rowan Atkinson, Leonard Rossiter and Ronnie Barker. It wasn’t until TV shows like Saturday Live came along and I saw people like Harry Enfield and Rik Mayall that I became inspired to have a go myself. Then I began to watch others on the London cabaret circuit like John Hegley, Sean Hughes and Eddie Izzard.
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