Eddie Izzard interviews with Gustavo Turner, Burt at 17,000-seat Hollywood Bowl

This week's print edition of our first standup comedian Eddie Izzard interviews with Gustavo Turner, Burt at 17,000-seat Hollywood Bowl on Comedy selected alone.

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How will that work in this huge venue? From the article:

"I think the backseats are gonna have the best view," Izzard, on the phone from the noisy streets of Paris, says enthusiastically about the Bowl's notorious cheap seats. "I actually went out to the back and I sat and watched from there. There's no stand-up comedian that played a solo show at the Bowl, so I think the backseats are gonna be the best ones 'cause you're gonna see the gig, and also see everyone else there."

Eddie Izzrads made political career

After breaking out of the ranks of British Comedy, Eddie Izzard Hollywood carved out a solid career in films and TV's.

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Izzard 49-years-old, now a transvestite animated film "Cars 2," which opens Friday at the American Film Theater is an expression of character.

Now he sat down alongside Reuters to talk about his role in the film and his plans for a new career -- in politics.

Q: Sir Axlerod is a former oil baron who puts on a race to show off his new clean-burning fuel. Relate to him much?

A: "My dad worked for an oil company and I do like business. I'm into retail. I like good merchandise and I like good ideas, so that's what I channelled in to Sir Miles Axlerod. He (represents) all the positive businesses like Google and Apple who try to do something different in a good way. Except he has a slight twist and an interesting aftertaste."

Q: You had your own series "The Riches" on U.S. cable network FX and this past year appeared on the Showtime series "United States of Tara." Any plans for more television?

A: "I'm developing a political drama with FX. We're working towards shooting a pilot. There are hoops you have to jump through before it gets to series but I'm a determined bastard. I'm a transvestite that's got this far."

Q: Beyond that -- films, TV, stand-up -- any other long-term career goals?

A: "Films are my first love. But I'm not going to back off stand-up now. And I'm going into politics in nine years."

Q: A cross-dressing politician? Gay or straight?

A: "I'm not gay. I'm not even bisexual. I'm a straight transvestite. A wannabe lesbian. I wanted to be (actress) Carrie Ann Moss in 'The Matrix.' That was my thing. If I was a woman, I'd want to be an action transvestite, a kind of feisty girl."

Q: So, what office would lesbian transvestite politician Eddie Izzard run for?

A: "I'll be mayor of London or MEP (Member of the European Parliament) or MP (Member of Parliament)."

Q: Why politics?

A: "I'm a radical centrist. I think most of the world is around the centre of politics and that's where I want to be. I like people setting up businesses and creating wealth. I distrust the right wing and I don't like fascists. They keep rearing their heads and we fought a war to get rid of them. It should be about the people, about having a safety net and fighting to have health care for people."

Q: You've performed your stand-up shows in French. Any plans to tackle other languages in foreign countries?

A: "I will do it in German, Russian and Arabic. Languages are a case of hard work and repetition. For Russia, I'll spend two months learning the language before I start the shows. I'll be in deep immersion, speaking Russian morning, noon and night, 24-7. It will be a hellish first two weeks but after that, you cannot but get better."

Q: Why Arabic?

A: "I was born in an Arabic country so I have to go back to my home town -- Aden, Yemen -- where my parents met, where my brother was born and I was born. I think it's my duty at this time, with this world, to learn the languages of countries who maybe feel a little bit separate or are having a tough time."

Q: Do you identify with the Arabic culture?

A: "Yes. A lot. And I want to identify with it more. I want to be in there. I want to get immersed with it. Because I don't believe in a God. I'm a spiritual atheist. I believe in us. I believe in humans. I believe the God and the devil fight is in everybody's heart and mind. Heaven and hell are on Earth and we all know people who have lived through it over the years."

Q: Why is this your belief?

A: "I can't afford to believe in something that I don't think is happening. I would love to think God is organizing stuff but how can you take my mother when she was 40 (years old), of cancer, when she never smoked and worked as a nurse -- and let Hitler live to 56? People do good works and then they get taken. People do evil works and they live."

Eddie Izzard talks to play dwarves with Toby Jones in new movie Snow White And The Huntsman

British stars Eddie Izzard talks to play dwarves with Toby Jones in new movie Snow White And The Huntsman, according to reports.Universal's upcoming films as Snow White and Charlize Theron Kristen Stewart as the evil stepmother features.

All new action-adventure film, a role Izzard, Hoskins and Jones talks are being asked to according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film is a revisionist take on the classic fairy-tale and sees Snow White escape her evil stepmother with the help of the huntsman – played by Thor star Chris Hemsworth – who is instructed to kill her, but instead trains her to fight back.

British actor Ian McShane has been alleged leader of the dwarves, cast as Caesar.

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Eddie Izzard has kicked off the Yes To AV

Comedian Eddie Izzard has kicked off the Yes To AV (Alternative Vote) campaign, he revealed to telling Sky News that electoral reform is likely to make MPs "work harder" and "put power in the hands of the people".

He debuted at the national of the campaign in London, Izzard current first past electors voting next month after a referendum to change the system emphasized.

Speaking to Sky News, he said: "It is as simple as one, two, three - you have a choice of putting down just one choice, or two or three... It will be one person, one definite vote, before it was one invisible person whose vote does not get counted.

"It will mean MPs will have to work harder to get your vote because not only do they have to talk to their core support, but also to other people to get them down as a second choice.

"It's a fairer system, and in this world people want more choice. It's not like it was in the Fifties when broadly people were voting for the Labour Party or Tories.

"Politics is multi-coloured and people's lives are multi-coloured. We have never had a chance in 100 years to vote for how we do the voting, so I think it is good we take this chance otherwise we will wake up with politics as usual on May 6."

Eddie Izzard To Create History At The Hollywood Bowl

At the Hollywood Bowl this summer (11) history will be make by Eddie Izzard, when he stages the fabled venue's first all-comedy one-man presentation.

At the world-famous amphitheatre on 20 July (11) stage will be taken by Eddie Izzard, for his Stripped to the Bowl show.


The only other comedians to grace the Bowl were The Monty Python troupe members for a complete show - their presentation of sketches in 1980 was later turned into a hit concert film.

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