Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist's chair - but more enjoyable.

- Jack Whitehall

Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.

- Jack Whitehall

I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is shorter than me and has an amazing gait; and Tom Cruise has a brilliant run. I'm just gangly.

- Jack Whitehall

I was the first person in the world to audition for 'The Hobbit'. The casting director told me that when I went in. That's a lot of pressure, isn't it? The first person in the world.

- Jack Whitehall

My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.

- Jack Whitehall

Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around.

- Jack Whitehall

I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.

- Jack Whitehall

I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I don't want to end up like Carol Vorderman.

- Jack Whitehall

I vote for whoever will annoy my dad.

- Jack Whitehall

I have got a fantastic life and I just like to get on with it, and I am quite a private person.

- Jack Whitehall

I eat healthily, as it keeps my energy up.

- Jack Whitehall

For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright guvnors?' It wasn't true to who I was.

- Jack Whitehall

I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.

- Jack Whitehall

Society is so divided in its perception of public school people. Most people who went to public school behave in the right way, but every now and then there will be someone who comes along and ruins it.

- Jack Whitehall

I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm not going to do jokes about anything crude because I'm bigger and better than that.' But then, I don't know... It makes me laugh, so I started doing it.

- Jack Whitehall

When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.

- Jack Whitehall

I hope people think of me as a bit older. I do have a beard. That makes me look very old.

- Jack Whitehall

Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're not doing something.

- Jack Whitehall

My dad doesn't hug me enough!

- Jack Whitehall

If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes you can't.

- Jack Whitehall