'I bag America to believe I'm a transvestite' to Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard is giving Hollywood stardom a rest while he returns to touring his stand up. He talks to Gavin Allen about strategic transvestitism and the potential of arena comedy.
EDDIE Izzard has been in ‘boy mode’ so long that America can hardly believe he’s a transvestite.
While cultivating his film and TV career in Los Angeles he made the decision to tone down his wardrobe, and the strategy has served him well.
He landed the lead role in HBO series The Riches, as well as film roles alongside the likes of Tom Cruise in Valkyrie.
“I believed that if I had turned up for the auditions for The Riches or Valkyrie in make up and a dress, I would not get the roles,” he says.
But as a result, the flip side of this approach is that the Eddie Izzard America knows is perhaps a less colourful character than the one we cherish here, although he certainly isn’t hiding himself.
“I tell everyone I’m a transvestite over and over again,” he says, baffled by the flipped logic of the situation.
“I insist and I beg people to believe it on TV (interviews) and I never thought that I would be on TV begging people to believe I’m a transvestite.
“But I am being strategic about this. I’ve been in boy mode for the last few years, but I know I can be in girl mode if I want to.
“If I wanted to, I could throw on a dress right now and if I went out in the street and people insulted me, then I would insult them back.
“ I would know what to do. It’s all still there. It’s in my toolbox. I am a card-carrying transvestite. Always have been, always will be.
“The thing is, if you are a straight transvestite like me, you have all this boy stuff going on – mainly boy stuff in fact – as well as the girly stuff.
I like football.
“I was going to join the Army when I was younger.
“And I just ran 43 marathons, which is not a terribly girlie thing to do.”
Oh yes, the marathons.
His marathon of marathons in fact. Izzard recently completed 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief on a route which took him back to parts of Wales where he grew up; Neath, Porthcawl and Swansea.
How long did it take him to recover from the feat?
“It wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be,” he says. I didn’t really run for about eight days. But that was it. I was fine.”
Tonight he finds himself back in Wales for the first of three dates at Cardiff International Arena with his Stripped tour.
We now have a steady production line of arena comedy shows, but it was Izzard who started the trend, and while some rail that comedy gets lost in such cavernous rooms, he argues performers simply aren’t doing it right yet.
“Six years ago, I did the first arena tour of the UK and that was a little scary because I didn’t know what I would be dealing with,” he says.
“People will say it’s not intimate, but I’m doing smaller shows too on this tour and if people don’t want to watch it there, then don’t watch it there.
“But I definitely think it’s a good thing. It makes it more of an event. And why should rock and roll get all the arena shows?
“The only way to get good at arena gigs is to do loads of them.
“If you think of the first ever arena gig, when The Beatles did Shea Stadium in 1965, it was a crap gig. Great band, great event but a crap gig because you couldn’t hear anything.
But look at what U2 are doing in stadiums now.
“People have had to learn how to play stadium gigs in music.
“And comedy has to go through the same thing, we just have to work out how to play arenas.
“No-one bats an eyelid when bands play arenas and if it’s a good thing for bands it’s a good thing for comedy.”
Eddie Izzard is at the CIA tonight and on November 19 and 20.

At Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard it’s been more than a year since returned to the land of stand up following a five year film making, TV writing hiatus.
And at the end of last week, his Tyneside fans finally got to look Stripped, the show which hailed his return. His double date with the Metro Radio Arena followed the show’s long run in the US, a residency in the West End and then a bit of a break while Eddie ran 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief (including a rainy day run over the Tyne Bridge in September).
For his latest show, the nation’s favourite action transvestite has put the heels and the skirt on the back burner. This is probably a sensible shoe choice, since the show offers a journey through civilisation from the Stone Age to space travel... touching on lots of what went on in between. In the beginning of the show, Izzard announces he has come to the conclusion that there is no God... and he uses the next two hours to prove it, with the help of a string of animal, historical and even human organ characters, delivered in a succession of his signature – and wonderfully absurd – roleplays.
The recurring yanky squirrel and trumpet-playing chicken, together with a frustrated appendix all deserve special mentions... as does the panic-stricken Giraffe trying to communicate the arrival of a tiger to his mates via the medium of ‘Give Us A Clue’, his take on the stories of Noah and Moses and the Spartan soldier who sacrifices himself on a 20ft Grecian spear and lives to lament. A Latin-laden section also had me laughing my little soccos off.
Oh, how we’d missed him.

Comparison to kray twins, Eddie Izzard is not to acute

EDDIE Izzard has become an unlikely victim of the Tweeting, Facebooking generation.
It seems a number of people are acute to claim mate status with Eddie even though he doesn’t have a clue who they are.
The surreal stand up master, who comes to Liverpool for two arena dates this weekend, tells Insider: “I have found people from many change years saying they went to school with me.
“I think, I don’t even know who you are, then it turns out they were three years before or five years after me.
“I suppose it’s a bit like being John Lennon or The Kray Twins.
“I’m happy with the John Lennon comparison, less so with the Kray Twins.”

Eddie Izzard: At the Nottingham Arena, review

The best part of the autumn having devoted to undertaking a 1,100 mile jog around the UK – some 43 runs in 51 days – Eddie Izzard would be forgiven for putting his feet up and congratulating himself on his fund raising good deeds for Sport Relief. But, no, marathon man is already up and about, rambling for Britain in a touring version of Stripped, the stand up gig he premiered last winter in the West End. You might expect to see a few pained hobbles. Yet here he is, bouncing about in a discreetly outlandish combination of jeans, stripey shirt and ringmaster’s black tail-jacket – the puppyish picture of zing and zest.
Erring on the side of modesty, Izzard only briefly alludes to his ordeal. “I did this run currently which was just to lose weight. It was a bit insane,” he concedes, in that drawly, muttery, posh urchin way of his, before suggesting that we could all do it because our ancestors were forever running back and forth, hunting and gathering, and being chased by bears.
I’m paraphrasing here, of course. Once Izzard, 47, is in full flow, you can only dash after his quicksilver train of imagination, making incomplete notes. The overarching conceit of the evening, underpinned by much mock-erudition, is that there’s no plan in the universe.
We’re given a wilfully idiosyncratic beginner’s guide to creation, evolution, the emergence of civilisation and so on, all of it pointing to one conclusion, which is that we’re on our own, and we just have to make the best of it.
If you can quarrel with Izzard’s underlying faith in human nature to succeed where religion fails (“Don’t believe in God, believe in us”), there’s little disputing that his surrealistic, scattershot musings betray the divinity of comic genius.
Among myriad highlights, there’s his notion (apropos the dullness of farming) of wedging a trumpet on a chicken’s face – to create a “jazz chicken”, the enactment of a Roman soldier deliberately and pretend delightedly impaling himself on the spear of an advancing Greek phalanx, and his evocation of a giraffe, signalling, by means of charades, the approach of a tiger.
Yes, seeing him in a stadium, his every move video-relayed, can be like watching a giant TV, but the warmth, lust for life and sheer swaggering pizzazz of this eternally boyish jester transcend the sterility of the occasion.
After 25 years of perfecting his burbling personality, Eddie has become entertainment incarnate.

marathons and women’s clothing, Eddie Izzard talks

Currently paid to Eddie Izzard a visit to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Izzard proved himself to be a redoubtable, guest with a colorful interview that managed to be funny throughout while covering a wide range of topics. We have two clips embedded below. Enjoy those 30 second ads!
In this first clip, Izzard talks about his current run around the UK, covering 43 marathons in 51 days.

EPIX for Launch Weekend

NEW YORK: The new premium channel EPIX is set to launch October 30 with an exclusive Madonna concert, Marvel's Iron Man and an Eddie Izzard particular, among other titles.
A joint venture of Viacom, its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) and Lionsgate, EPIX has thus far only secured carriage on Verizon's FiOS TV platform. In its opening weekend, the lineup includes Madonna's Sticky & Sweet: Live from Buenos Aires, from the River Plate Stadium. “Performances from artists like Madonna represent the kind of marquee talent who will perform on EPIX as part of our slate of monthly music and comedy events,” said Mark Greenberg, the president of EPIX.
The premiere weekend movie lineup kicks off with Iron Man, followed by more than 15 world television premieres representing a combined worldwide box office value of more than $2.5 billion. The slate includes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Madea Goes to Jail, Pink Panther 2, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Cloverfield and The Duchess.
Also on offer is Eddie Izzard: Live From Wembley from his sold-out European tour. “There is no one like Eddie Izzard," Greenberg said. "He breaks the mold. He is smart, engaging and hilarious."

LAUNCH COMEDY CAREER TO STRUGGLE EDDIE IZZARD

Funnyman EDDIE IZZARD struggled to make audiences laugh during his early days on the stand up circuit, according to comedienne JO BRAND.The comic turned actor, who starred aboard Tom Cruise in World War II drama Valkyrie, first found fame with his comedy routines in the U.K. But British stand up Brand insists Izzard was so bad when he first started, his fellow comedians pitied him until he eventually proved them wrong. Autobiography in her new, Look Back In Hunger, she writes: "Eddie Izzard was perfectly dreadful when he started, just not funny. It became a standing joke: 'Eddie's died again'. "One night at the Red Rose Labour Club we were steeling ourselves for Eddie to have another nightmare, feeling sorry for him because we all liked him, and out of the blue he stormed. The crowd went mental, gave him an encore, and he never looked back."

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Faces to reunite for gig – without Rod Stewart

Band to get together for London gig.

Faces are set to reunite for a London gig next month without frontman Rod Stewart. Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagen and Kenny Jones will get together to play at the Royal Albert Hall on October 25. The gig will be in aid of the Performing Right Society's Music Members' Benevolent Fund and will also feature Simply Red's Mick Hucknall, former Spice Girl Mel C and Kiki Dee, reports BBC News. Wood did not give the reason for Stewart's absence, but mentioned the late band member Ronnie Lane. "This will be so special for us, staging a reunion for such a greatful and prestigious event," he said. "Unhappily Ronnie Lane can't be with us, but I'm sure he will be there in spirit, God bless him."Faces split in 1975 after forming in 1969. See Prsformusicfund.com for more information.To check the availability of Faces tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0871 230 1094.
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UK comedian Eddie Izzard completes epic run

LONDON – Standup comedian Eddie Izzard completed a 1,100 mile (1,770 kilometer) run across Britain on Tuesday, staggering across the finish line at London's rain-soaked Trafalgar Square.
The cross-dressing comic, better known for running through his routines in drag than running marathons, said he managed the feat of endurance with only five weeks' training.
"I ... feel ... exhausted," Izzard said, raising his hands in the air in front of assembled journalists.
Izzard covered the country in seven weeks, clocking up at least 27 miles (43 kilometers) nearly every day to raise money for Sport Relief, a U.K. charity which works in Britain and abroad.
The 47-year-old entertainer, known to U.S. audiences for his roles in FX's "The Riches" and Tom Cruise's World War II drama "Valkyrie," said the run had wrecked his feet.
"The small toes have lost their nails and they look like alien monsters but I'm told they will grow back," he said, adding that while everyone kept complementing him about the shape of his legs, "I thought they looked quite good beforehand."
Sport Relief spokeswoman Jeni Ayling said a BBC crew was accompanying him in a rickshaw the whole way, filming him as he ran. Also following him were his manager, a sports therapist, and an ice cream van which periodically played the theme song to "Chariots Of Fire."
The double Emmy award-winner's run took him across Britain, from London to Liverpool, Northern Ireland, Scotland and down back to the capital, according to the BBC. The broadcaster said Izzard effectively ran 43 marathons. It added that some of Izzard's runs had taken him as many as 10 hours to complete, although his last one was took just over five.
Izzard said told the broadcaster last month that "you have to be a little bit crazy" to tackle a challenge of this kind.
He said, "But doing standup comedy is a little crazy"

Eddie Izzard Bunny In Today's Daily TwitPic

Ah, Eddie Izzard. Where would we be without your hilarious comic stylings? I don't know what you're expecting from today's Daily TwitPic from that tough to decode headline, but the truth is really not quite as strange as it might seem. Izzard who is (or was, when the pic was taken) running his 39th marathon, noted that the path took him through the town of... Bunny. Since that's a funny name for a town, he posed in front of the sign.
What's outstanding about this pic is that Izzard is holding a flag. Anyone who's seen his classic stand up performance in "Dressed to Kill" knows what flags mean: they are (his idea, not mine) what the British used during the age of imperialism to claim a land. It's funnier in the telling. Anyway, Izzard's holding a flag. I think the unspoken assertion here is that Bunny now belongs to him.

Runs into Trouble Eddie Izzard

One time cross dresser and legend in his own make up bag Eddie Izzard today finished his 31st marathon in as many, if not more (or maybe fewer), days.But regrettably this has caused Izzard, in his forties according to some, to run into a big pile of problem. Leading doctors have confirmed that if a man as small as Mr Izzard, who was born a nanus and has lived his life surrounded by magnifying glasses, were to devour such vast amounts of chocolate then not only might his weight balloon but the confectionery may well have passed it sell by date as Marathons have not been made for over a decade.Mr Eddie said it was a risk worth taking as the marathon Marathon session was all in aid of charity therefore he was volition to digest a few spots. A spokesman for the Ancient Games of Athens said he could not speak or hear English.

continues charity run to Comic Eddie Izzard

Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard is visiting Edinburgh as part of an try to run more than 1,000 miles beyond the UK for charity.
Izzard, who has completed more than 600 miles as part of his Sport Relief challenge Eddie IZ Running, will run to the top of Arthur's Seat overlooking Scotland's capital.
Last month Izzard set off from Trafalgar Square, London, in an try to complete a mega-marathon around the UK in support of Sport Relief 2010. Izzard has carried the flag of each country he is running in event the journey. He aims to carry on his challenge and return to London.

Eddie Izzard new flag for Northern Ireland

Comedian Eddie Izzard admits he’s beginning to feel the pace — and who can blame him after completing an incredible 24 marathons in 28 days.
But the cross dressing comic hardly had time to catch his breath when he apeared in Northern Ireland yesterday on the latest leg of his Sports Relief odyssey.
It was straight down to the business of clocking up another pavement-pounding marathon for the man who is already on his 14th couple of coach.
And in spite of the apparent exhaustion of his long distance charity run around the UK, he anchoraged only one question about the country where he was raised.
So far on his epic journey through parts of England, Scotland and Wales, Eddie has carried the flag of the nation he’s running through.
And he was aware that flags and allegory can cause a little local difficulty here.
“I know all about it and it has absorbed my mind,” he says.
“But I think I found a solution and I’m hopeful no one will be offended."
Multi-talented Eddie, 47, also planned to visit his old street at Ashford Drive in Bangor.
He and his family spent three-and-a-half years in the Co Down resort when he was a nipper. “Those days were absolutely the gladest of my childhood,” he recalled.
The self-styled “transvestite with a career” underwent just five weeks training before setting out on his mega-marathon that will see him cover 1,100 miles in seven weeks.
“I’m a determined and I’ll grind it out,” he says. “I have to keep on stumbleing forward. Running, walking, crawling, whatever it takes.”

Running winner Eddie Izzard completes 21st marathon

Running man Eddie Izzard has completed his 21st marathon so far, as part of his 1,100 miles around Britain for Comic Relief.
The cross dressing comedian interchanged his glittering heels and miniskirt for more sombre waterproof wear on the 28th July, and hasn’t arrested running since.
Eddie set off from London after only four weeks' worth of training and has at present approved injuries, including to his hamstring and shins.
His journey will connect the equivalent of running a marathon every day as he afforts to do the journey in seven weeks, running 30 miles a day for six days a week.
The loyar funnyman has been carrying the flag of each country as he pounds their asphalt.
Eddie announce the flag-holding to be symbolic of his beliefs: “We are changed, we are the same, we are the United Kingdom, we are Africa, we are mankind.”
An ice cream van attach Izzard and gives out ice creams in the hope that people will make allowance in return.
Izzard’s entourage is more Countryfile than high profile, consisting of two tents, a camper van and a sports therapist to help comfort his aches and pains.
The 47 year old has been Tweeting about his epic journey, which he has been softly planning for 10 years: he has also been livening up his messages with local photographs.
With 13 marathons still to go Izzard, who has just got to Stranraer, Scotland, said: “I feel knackeredly knackered. Eating a lot of pap in the morning and pasta at night, trying to put fuel back in. I must keep going.”

Lancaster to Eddie Izzard

COMEDIAN Eddie Izzard come backed to Lancaster on Friday in very another circumstances to his last visit.
The comic, who accomplished at the Grand Theatre earlier this year, passed through the city during an amazing national charity run for Sport Relief.

His journey will be the similar of running a marathon every day as he attempts to do the 1,100 mile journey in seven weeks, running 30 miles a day for six days a week.

Impromptu gig in Keswick to Eddie Izzard

The funny man is currently running through the county as part of a fundraising bid for Sport Relief and used his day off to stage a stand up turn at the Theatre by the Lake, advertise online on Twitter, where Eddie has been posting details of his charity run.On Saturday, he ran from Kendal to Ullswater behind the ice cream van sticker “Eddie’s Ices” that advertise his accession by playing Greensleeves and Chariots of Fire.Cumbrians have been keeping their eyes peeled for a sighting of Eddie as he runs through the county.Fan Fiona Exon, of Wonderful Salkeld, arrest up with him on Saturday as he ran down from the steep Kirkstone Pass in the Lake District.She said: “He was looking damn excellant for someone who is putting themselves through such an ordeal.“That day he ran from Kendal, over Kirkstone Pass and to Ullswater, so I had to go and see him in the flesh as he was so stop by.”Today Eddie is due to set off from Ullswater and run to Penrith. His challenge is to run 1,100 miles over seven weeks, completing around 30 miles a day, six days per week.

A day for Comic Relief to Eddie Izzard on his 30 miles

Seven weeks, 1,100 miles, blood, sweat, tears and a toenail teetering on the brink.
Welcome to Eddie Izzard's long-distance run around the UK... as the cross-dressing comedian clocks up a staggering 30 miles a day in aid of Sport Relief.
He is already on his seventh pair of trainers after just two weeks but is in no mood to throw in the towel.
"It would be discomposing to not do it now," he says.
"I'm a transvestite with a course, but I'm a apointed and I'll wonk this out. I have to keep on staggering forward. Running, walking, crawling, whatever."
When I join him in the glorious Welsh sun was shineing for the first few miles of his 14th marathon in 16 days, he's struggling. Before setting off, physio Jo Denby had strapped up his blistered feet. His little toe nail is clinging on for dear life and Eddie groaned in agony while Jo gave his bushed legs a pummelling.
"This lower calf muscle is talking to me," the 47-yearold grimaces, just minutes into the run. "The first week was a shock. My feet were coming apart and the rain kicked in for three days continuously. But the first 10 miles are almost joyous now. 'Ha! There's nothing to this! I could run for a million miles!' But the second 10 get rough and the last lot are bery."

EDDIE IZZARD IS DETERMINED TO FINISH RUN

Eddie Izzard has said that he is win the challenge “crazy” determined to run more than 1,000 miles around the UK to raise cash for charity.
The comedian and actor for 47 are running 30 miles a day, further than the length of a marathon for Sport Relief.

Eddie Izzard speaking on GMTV who trained only for just over a month, said: "It is slightly crazy and my feet are slightly disintegrating but I'll make it because I'm determined... my body isn't really determined, but my brain is."
Izzard settled from London last month and had reached Powys in mid Wales by Friday, after running 10 "marathons".
Asked why he had decided to take on the Eddie run more then 1,000 miles adventure, Izzard, sporting bandaged feet, said: "I don't really know. I think running is very primal. We used to hunt in this way.
Anyone should be able to do this, it's not actually that difficult. It's a marathon a day and that's probably what people used to run and hunt something.
"I just do the same thing at the end. I just sort of spear a Twix and have a Diet Coke, it's that kind of thing."
An ice cream van accompanying Izzard is giving out ice creams in the hope that people will make donations in return.
Izzard, who is ask about his travels, said members of the public have turned up "out of the blue" to support him, including a running team from Builth Wells during his time in Wales.

Eddie Izzard is coming to Aberdeen with his first UK tour in six years.Comedy wizard Izzard will perform his first stand-up gig in Aberdeen on November 4 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.

Eddie Izzard recently broke box-office records, selling out a five-week stint in London's West End in less than 48 hours.A similar clamour for tickets is expected for the Aberdeen gig, just added as part of Eddie Izzard’s UK tour, named Stripped.The Aberdeen gig was to go on pre-sale to Eddie Izzard’s fan club members today and will go on sale to the general public from 10am on Monday.

The Aberdeen gig comes hot on the heels of Eddie Izzard’s American sell-out run across 34 US cities – including three nights at New York's legendary Radio City Music Hall.Eddie Izzard is one of the UK’s most popular comedians, hailed as one of the foremost stand-ups of his generation.

He was voted in at number three in the 100 Greatest Comedians in a Channel 4 programme, edged out only by Peter Kay at number two and Billy Connolly at number one.Eddie doesn’t work from a script during his stand-up act – blaming his dyslexia – and often just jumps between topics as they occur to him.And Izzard said in one interview: “I just talk complete bull. I take all this stuff and I regurgitate it in a weird

Eddie Izzard added two new dates to Stripped 2009 tour

More new Stripped 2009 dates!

Eddie is adding further dates to his Stripped 2009 tour.

Wednesday 4th November 09 - Aberdeen AECC Arena
Friday 6th November 09 - Cardiff Arena

Eddie Izzard Tickets will go on general release on from 10am Monday 13th July.

Eddie Izzard Introduction

Edward John "Eddie" Izzard was born in 7th February 1962. He is a British stand-up comedian and dramatic actor. His comedy style is spoken in long-winded, fanciful monologue and self-referential pantomime.

Izzard's works comprise standup sets Definite Article, Dress to Kill, the depiction of Lenny Bruce in Lenny, and a starring role in the television series The Riches as Wayne Malloy.

Izzard is well-known for his transvestism.[

Eddie Izzard Best Song Lyrics

For the benefit of Mr. Kite
There will be a show tonight on trampoline
The Hendersons will all be there
Late of Pablo-Fanques Fair
Have you seen it? It�s great. They got stuff.

Over men and horses hoops and garters
Lastly through a hogshead of real fire!
In this way Mr. K. will challenge the world!
With the blue people! They're great! They're just... chilled out!

The celebrated Mr. K.
Performs his feat on Saturday at Bishopsgate.
Nice neck of the woods.
The Hendersons they�re gonna dance and sing
As Mr. Kite flies through the ring don't be late.
Mrs. K and H. assure the public
Their production is second to none baby.
And of course Henry The Horse gonna do the waltz!

Oh you gotta see it, it�s genius! I mean she�s brilliant, she�s got the stuff and movements and squats. Horses how do they
do that
stuff? You gotta give her sugar, you know, and shes called Henry and it�s a lot of explanation but don�t worry about it kids.
Ok?
Just tune in, turn off, drop out, drop in, switch off, switch on, and explode.

The band begins at ten to six
When Mr. K. performs his tricks without a sound
And Mr. H. will demonstrate
Ten somersets he's gonna do on solid ground.
Whatever they are!

Having been some days in preparation
A splendid time is guaranteed for all
And tonight Mr. Kite is topping the bill baby! Across the universe.

It's me! I'm on top of the bill! I spent years getting to this point! I�m bloody brilliant. This is golden, you gotta see
what I do man. I got horses, and dogs, and cats, and monekys, and blue people. Its just , its such a collection. I spent
years putting it together. You gotta watch it. You gotta see it. It�s me. In the thing! Yeah!

Eddie Izzard Dress To Kill

There's no Church of England fundamentalism. We can't have Church of England fundamentalism. You know, like they have Islamic fundamentalism. Jihad!... Aha... Church of England fundamentalism is impossible because you can't have: "You must have tea and cake with the vicar... or you die!"
Two languages in one head? No one can live at that speed! Good Lord, man, you're asking the impossible! "But the Dutch speak four languages and smoke marijuana!" Well... yes, but they're cheating! Everyone knows that marijuana is... a drug enhancement that helps you on track and field to come last... in a team of eight million... eight million other runners who are all... dead.
But in Britain we don't win many gold medals at the Olympics, because we've chosen not to. It's a political statement, 'cause we hate our national anthem. Because it's "God Save the Queen," you see. God save the queen. Now the queen lives in a very big house with barbed wire outside and people with guns in front of that. That's one saved fucking queen, I tell you.
Then I had to chat up girls. I'd never used my voice to do that. When your voice is breaking, it's hard. [silkily] "Why, Susan, I really... [squeakily]...kind of fancy you. I saw you in the... [squeaks]...playground." I had to chat up girls. I'd only tagged them before. I didn't have the power to say "Susan, I saw you in class today, as the sun shone with a brilliant light that caught your hair. It was haloed. You turned. Your eyes flashed fire into my soul. I immediately read the words of Dostoyevsky and Karl Marx, and in the words of Albert Schweitzer, I-i-i-i-i fancy you."

Eddie Izzard Comedy Quotes

Eddie: If you've never seen an elephant ski, then you've never been on acid. Eddie: I've done a bit of Latin in my time...but I can control it.
Eddie: Horseshoes are lucky. Horses have four bits of lucky nailed to their feet. They should be the luckiest animals in the world. They should rule the country. They should win all their horse races, at least. "In the fifth race today, every single horse was first equal...one horse threw a shoe came in third...the duck was ninth...and five ran."
Eddie: You notice how they always put the fruit and veg at the entrance to the supermarket? You go in thinking 'this is a fresh shop, everything in here is FRESH! I will do well to shop here' You never go straight to the bit with the toilet paper, loo brushes and such do you? You'd think 'this is a POO shop! Everything in here is themed on POO!'
Eddie: San Francisco! City of dreaming spires, people live here...Golden Gate Bridge, ahh the Romans came here.
Eddie: I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
Eddie: If you're choking in a restaurant you can just say the magic words, "Heimlich maneuver," and all will be well. Trouble is, it's difficult to say "Heimlich maneuver" when you're choking to death.
Eddie: I am a professional transvestite, so I can run about in heels and not fall over. Cause if a woman falls over wearing heels, that’s embarrassing. But if a bloke falls over wearing heels, you have to kill yourself. It’s the end of your life.
Eddie: 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 Barundi says do you want a cup of coffee...
Eddie: Most transvestites fancy girls.
Eddie: When you're a transvestite, you're actually a male tomboy.

Reviews About Eddie Izzard

I attended on the 6th of December, as did Pete below, and seem to have been watching an entirely different show! The audience were clearly loving every second, as was I. Granted, he does sometimes get a little too wacky, but he admits it himself. Those in the audience who didn't know the meaning behind "Covered in bees" which progressed to "Covered in Darth Vaders" could be forgiven for being a little lost, but I dare say I'd slap someone who didn't thoroughly enjoy the scene with the soldier impaling himself slowly on his opposing soldiers 20 foot spear, or the discussion of the impracticallities of using Latin in an emergency. While I didn't enjoy it quite as much as I did Circle or Dress to Kill the first time I saw them on DVD, I thought it was a superb night out, and would suggest the show to anyone. - Becki
09 Dec 08
my wife and i attended on 6th December and left after the intermission! We know his comedy style etc..etc.. but we found this just wasnt funny.The audience didnt seem to be howling with laughter,it was quite subdued,and missing a certain something.His die hard fans in the audience were laughing but they were in the minority.Very disappointing - pete
08 Dec 08
Hamlet - why not - he looks like Ken Branagh now - doesnt he? And he's got a wider range I think, judging by the performance I saw last night, passion, pathos and how to deliver a line to good effect - even to the point of noting to himself which lines may need a little more work - reminds one of Frankie's Howards "Oh please yourself" when the jokes dont deliver the right amount of positive audience response! A great night out - mature surreal humour - what better to start the week! - DJ

Eddie Izzard Biography

Eddie Izzard made his first stage emergence in London's West End in 1993 with his one-man comedy show Eddie Izzard: Live at the Ambassadors (1993) (V) . The show earned Izzard an Olivier Award nomination for outstanding triumph and garnered Izzard his first British Comedy Award for top slapstick comedian comedian. He arrived to the West End the next year with his second one-man show, Eddie Izzard: Unrepeatable (1994) (V) , followed by his dramatic West End debut as the lead in the world premiere of David Mamet's The cipher with Lindsay Duncan, which grounded Izzard his second starring role in 900 Oneonta. Izzard came into view in 1995 depicted the title character in Christopher Marlowe's groundbreaking Edward II. In '96 Izzard made his big screen debut alongside Bob Hoskins and Robin Williams in The Secret Agent (1996) and staged another one-man show, Eddie Izzard: Definite Article (1996) (V) , for which he got his second British Comedy Award. He then took Definite Article to major cities outside the UK as well as New York City and returned to the West End with a new show,Eddie Izzard: Glorious (1997) (V) , which incorporated a month in New York City at PS122. By '98 Izzard came in view in another film, Velvet Goldmine (1998), with Ewan McGregor, as well as performing his breakthrough one-man US show, Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999) (V) which aired on HBO and went on to earn Izzard two Emmy Awards in 2000. At the end of the decade Izzard took on Lenny Bruce by securing the lead in Peter Hall's West End production of Lenny. Izzard took place 2000 touring the world with Eddie Izzard: Circle (2002) (V) and continued to build up his acting resume with roles in _Criminal, The (2000)_, Shadow of the Vampire (2000) with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, co-starred opposite Kirsten Dunst in the Peter Bogdanovich-directed The Cat's Meow (2001) as Charles Chaplin and taking the male lead in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (2002) (TV) on the London stage. In 2003 Izzard was seen on the big screen in the French production Muraya- Expanded Reality and Alex Cox's Revengers Tragedy (2002) and on the small screen in a BBC mini-series _40 (2002)(TV)_. Izzard made his Broadway debut in the spring of 2003, reprising his West End role in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.

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Eddie Izzard Upcoming events

Eddie Izzard Tickets are on sale now . The list of his tour dates are as under
October 2009
23rd
Nottingham
Trent FM Arena


24th
Nottingham
Trent FM Arena


25th
Sheffield
Sheffield Arena


29th
Newcastle
Metro Radio Arena


30th
Newcastle
Metro Radio Arena


31st
Liverpool
Echo Arena


November 2009
1st
Liverpool
Echo Arena


7th
Manchester
MEN Arena


8th
Manchester
MEN Arena


10th
Glasgow
SECC


11th
Glasgow
SECC


17th
Birmingham
NIA


18th
Birmingham
NIA


19th
Cardiff
Cardiff International Arena


20th
Cardiff
Cardiff International Arena


22nd
Bournemouth
BIC


23rd
Bournemouth
BIC


26th
Eastbourne
Devonshire Park Theatre


27th
Brighton
Brighton Centre


28th
Brighton
Brighton Centre


29th
Brighton
Brighton Centre


30th
Brighton
Brighton Centre


December 2009
3rd
London
The O2 Arena


4th
London
Wembley Arena


5th
London
Wembley Arena


6th
London
Wembley Arena


7th
London
The O2 Arena


12th
Belfast
Odyssey Arena


14th
Dublin
The O2 Dublin


18th
Malmö/Copenhagen
Malmö Arena


19th
Stockholm
Hovet


20th
Gothenburg
Scandinavium


21st
Oslo
Spektrum


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Eddie Izzard Upcoming Films & TV

Upcoming films
Every Day (2009) as Garrett
The Other Side (2009) as Dean Bellamy
Rage (2009) as Tiny Diamonds
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) as Reepicheep (voice)

TV appearances
Barf Bites Back (Amnesty International Gala) (1991) - ITV
Open Fire (1994)
Have I Got News for You (1994, 1995 and 1996) - BBC Two
Aristophanes: The Gods are Laughing (1995)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1995)
Tales from the Crypt (1996) - HBO
Clive Anderson Talks Back (1996)
Inspector Derrick (1997)
Roseanne Barr Show (1998)
Rex the Runt (1998) - BBC
Shooting Stars (1998) - BBC
Parkinson (3 times)
Dennis Miller Live (1999) - HBO
Pythonland (1999) - BBC
Python Night (1999) - BBC
Mongrel Nation (2002) - Discovery Channel
The Caroline Rhea Show (2002)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2002, 2004 and 2007)
40 (2003) - Channel 4
Conan O'Brien (2003, 2008) NBC
QI (Unaired pilot- 2002 or 2003)
Top Gear (2004) - BBC Two
Last Call with Carson Daly (2005)
The Sharon Osbourne Show (2006)
Late Show with David Letterman (6 times)
Late Late show with Craig Kilborn (4 times)
The Late Late Show (CBS TV series) with Craig Ferguson (2006, 2008, 2009)
The Henry Rollins Show (2006)
The Paul O'Grady Show (2009)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (2006)
Kitchen (2007) - five
Comedy Cuts (interview) (2007)
The Hour (2007)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2007 and 2009)
The Daily Show (2000, 2003 and 2007)
The Riches (2007-2008)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (2008)
Graham Norton: Uncut (2008)

Eddie Izzard Filmography

The Secret Agent (1996) as Vladimir
Velvet Goldmine (1998) as Jerry Devine
The Avengers (1998) as Bailey
Mystery Men (1999) as Tony P
The Criminal (1999) as Peter Hume
Circus (2000) as Troy
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) as Gustav von Wangenheim
The Cat's Meow (2001) as Charlie Chaplin
All the Queen's Men (2001) as Tony Parker
Revengers Tragedy (2002) as Lussurioso
Blueberry aka Renegade (2004) as Prosit
Five Children and It (2004) as It (voice)
Romance & Cigarettes (2004) as Gene Vincent
Ocean's Twelve (2004) as Roman Nagel
The Aristocrats (2005) as Himself
The Wild (2006) as (voice) Nigel
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) as Professor Bedlam
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) as Roman Nagel
Across the Universe (2007) as Mr. Kite
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) as Reepicheep (voice)
Igor (2008) as Dr. Schadenfreude (voice)
Valkyrie (2008) as Erich Fellgiebel

Eddie Izzard Discography

Stand-up

Live at the Ambassadors (1993)
Unrepeatable (1994)
Definite Article (1996)
Glorious (1997)
Dress to Kill (1998)
Circle (2000)
Sexie (2003)
Stripped (2008/2009)


Stage
900 Oneonta (1994)
Edward II (1995)
Lenny (1999)
The Cryptogram (1994)
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (2001-2002, 2003)
Trumbo (2003)

Eddie Izzard Gallery

Eddie Izzard will join BBC Radio 4 series

The Radio 4 talk show with a twist back with a brand new series. It is tag-team interviewing with some of the shining stars of the entertainment field.
Chain Reaction is a simple idea for a highly entertaining series: Dispensing with the formality of a regular host, last week's interviewee become this week's interviewer instead.
Recorded in front of an audience, the 6 part series has some reputable name stars from the world of entertainment interviewing others whose work they appreciate and admire.
Click here for more information and for free tickets for the recording. Tickets are given on a first-come, first-served basis.
Chain Reaction

Wednesday 1st July 2009
The Drill Hall
16 Chenies Street
London
WC1E 7EX
7.15pm