Quotes by Alan Davies

About Alan Davies:

Alan Roger Davies is an English stand-up comedian, writer and actor, best known for playing the title role in the BBC mystery drama series Jonathan Creek since 1997 and for appearing as the permanent panellist on the BBC panel show QI from 2003.
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My favourite restaurant is the Thai Corner Cafe on St Paul's Road. We go there all the time. I shouldn't really mention it - I don't want it to be chock-a-block.

Alan Davies

The principle that light can be in two places at the same time is absolutely extraordinary.

Alan Davies

I don't drive around London much. Any journey around Islington involves hundreds of speed bumps that seem to tear the bottom of your car off.

Alan Davies

I'm not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I'm the publishers' friend - I buy a hundred books a year and read four.

Alan Davies

I'm more inclined to linger in the science pages of 'The Week' magazine. But my principle obsessions are still watching sitcoms and football.

Alan Davies

I see myself as a comic but the acting helps sell tickets for gigs.

Alan Davies

There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.

Alan Davies

I like pubs too, but it's hard for me to go and get proper bladdered in the way I used to. I don't want to moan about being recognised but I do get a bit of grief sometimes.

Alan Davies

The one I remember is going into London, as it was for us in Essex, on New Year's Eve in 1981. There were four of us and we'd had a few lagers on the way. One of my mates threw up in the Tube and then stood up and fell over in it. We thought it was t...

Alan Davies

The thing I'd really like to see is the old London Bridge, with all the old buildings around it like Shakespeare's Globe. I'd like to walk along that. Don't worry, I won't get drunk and fall in.

Alan Davies

I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.

Alan Davies

I liked the idea of all of humanity fitting inside a sugar cube because more than 99.9% of matter is space.

Alan Davies

I was hugely disappointed that 'Whites' was cancelled.

Alan Davies

Author Bio

  • NameAlan Davies
  • DescriptionComedian
  • BornMarch 6, 1966
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Comedian; Actor; Screenwriter; Television Presenter