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" A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism. "
Beyond
People
Lot
" A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it. "
Mother
Doubt
Seriously
" A lot of people who have experienced trauma at the hands of people they've trusted take responsibility, and that is what's toxic. "
Hands
Responsibility
Trauma
" Comedy is a man's art form. It pretty much came from a time, post-World War II really - the 1950s are not really known for the subtle expressions of feminine life. "
Art
Comedy
Life
" Comedy is great in that it's accessible to someone like me, from a low socioeconomic background, struggling in life. The gatekeepers are a lot stronger in other art forms. "
Life
Great
Stronger
" I always kept my expectations in life very tame. "
Tame
Expectations
Kept
" I don't want to be a didactic voice. I like to ask more questions than I answer, just to get people thinking and to make it safe to access art. "
Voice
Thinking
Questions
" If a documentary crew were to follow me around, they'd probably think they were making a film about the saddest person in the world. "
Think
World
Person
" I found that pottering is very conducive to my creative process, so now, I find myself being incredibly creative because I've got such much to procrastinate with. "
Process
Creative
Find
" If the only reason to be on stage communicating with people is to tell them a joke and make them laugh, that seems thin for me. That has a place - I don't think it should stop happening - but for me, I don't know. I just don't. "
Know
People
Me
" I get anxiety and distressed from external stimuli quite easily, so if I'm in a constant state of self-protection, it's exhausting. "
External
Get
Quite
" I'm a pretty good procrastinator. "
Pretty Good
Pretty
Good
" I think most people's view is that selfies are just vanity and stupid, but I think they're really great. "
View
Great
Just
" I've always done live art history lectures and small documentaries in the past in Australia, on Australian art and art galleries, so I've already done a lot of that. "
Past
Art
Done
" I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great. "
Interesting
Great
Get
" I've got Asperger's. I come at things from sideways. "
Things
Got
Sideways
" I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude. "
Wrong
Conversation
Rude
" I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor. "
Celebrity
Someone
Skills
" Just because it's been around for centuries, doesn't mean it's cool to be a creepy old man. "
Man
Just Because
Cool
" Just because you're gay doesn't mean you're not homophobic. "
Because
You
Mean
" #MeToo should not be limited to art or TV. "
TV
Should
Limited
" Most accountants are strange - let's be honest. "
Honest
Accountants
Most
" My brain is just so busy. I'm inattentive; I'm a daydreamer: the space cadet kind. "
Brain
Kind
Cadet
" 'Nanette' has been a journey. She went from being something of a personal little blast to the world from me, that I expected would seal me off into the margins as far as my career is concerned, and into an idiosyncratic sort of life beyond all of that. "
She
Career
Journey
" Self-deprecation runs right through queer culture. It was seen as a badge of honor. I started to feel like perhaps it was destructive as well. "
Culture
Feel
Well
" Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you take the shame away, and immediately, they're back in the fold. You should never soak anybody in shame. It's the prolonged existence of shame that then flips out into destructive rage. We can't exist in that. It's like treacle. "
Back
Rage
Place
" Stories appeal to humanity. "
Humanity
Appeal
Stories
" That's the problem with ADHD: I have no focus; I get bored. "
Bored
Problem
Get
" The art world doesn't exist in a vacuum. "
Vacuum
World
Art
" The idea that standup is a thing with defined boundaries is kind of ludicrous. "
Defined
Kind
Thing
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