Dylan Moran
Birthday: 3 November 1971, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland
Height: 180 cm
Irish comedian Dylan Moran was born in Navan, County Meath in 1971. Leaving school without any qualifications at age 16, Moran quickly became attracted to stand-up comedy and debuted, in 1992, at a co ...Show More
Roman Catholicism seems to be a hysterical panic over the inevitability of Death. "Quick! Death is c Show more
Roman Catholicism seems to be a hysterical panic over the inevitability of Death. "Quick! Death is coming! Put on the big hat and the gold dress!" Hide
I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom, just as a very good programm Show more
I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom, just as a very good programme. Hide
It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning t Show more
It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book. Hide
I never thought I want to do anything, really, except not go to work properly and turn up at the sam Show more
I never thought I want to do anything, really, except not go to work properly and turn up at the same place every day and eat sandwiches in the same canteen, if I can possibly help it, as I don't think I'd be very good at it. Hide
I have a very low level of recognition, which is fine by me.
I have a very low level of recognition, which is fine by me.
We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy.
We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy.
Yeah, I think Michael has had to deal with that label of being Michael Caine for a long time.
Yeah, I think Michael has had to deal with that label of being Michael Caine for a long time.
I mean, I wish I was like you, really, Protestant and short...
I mean, I wish I was like you, really, Protestant and short...
Showing off seemed to me to be a highly valuable and necessary activity when I was 20.
Showing off seemed to me to be a highly valuable and necessary activity when I was 20.
In the same way, there is some creature gnawing away inside of me, urging me to do things in differe Show more
In the same way, there is some creature gnawing away inside of me, urging me to do things in different ways. Hide
You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while a Show more
You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up. Hide
I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.
I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.
The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty.
The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty.
The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms.
The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms.
I don't do drugs. If I want a rush I just get out of a chair when I'm not expecting it.
I don't do drugs. If I want a rush I just get out of a chair when I'm not expecting it.
If I hadn't done this I might have ended up digging the roads.
If I hadn't done this I might have ended up digging the roads.
One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing.
One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing.
I don't really think of myself as an actor.
I don't really think of myself as an actor.
Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works, because Show more
Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works, because in its own way, it's quite theatrical. Hide
I don't want to do the same thing over and over again.
I don't want to do the same thing over and over again.
I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybo Show more
I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate. Hide
The truth is that I'm constitutionally incapable of doing an ordinary job.
The truth is that I'm constitutionally incapable of doing an ordinary job.
I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s.
I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s.
It's its own bioculture, I just leave it alone... we sleep in separate rooms. (On his hair)
It's its own bioculture, I just leave it alone... we sleep in separate rooms. (On his hair)
You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic.
You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic.
I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren't any formal application forms you had Show more
I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren't any formal application forms you had to fill in for stand-up, so I thought I'd give that a twist. Hide
You think about the French Revolution, look at contemporary Britain, and wonder how much exactly wou Show more
You think about the French Revolution, look at contemporary Britain, and wonder how much exactly would it take to crack them? How many times can they tut and rattle their newspapers? Hide
They say women are sensitive. A man can look at a woman and think "If that woman doesn't love me, it Show more
They say women are sensitive. A man can look at a woman and think "If that woman doesn't love me, it's all over for me. Nothing will matter in my life any more." That is how women feel about shoes! Hide
Dylan Moran's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (25)
Dylan Moran'S roles
Michael Fitzgerald
Gordon
Rufus the Thief
David