Eric Sykes Quotes

United Kingdom, Comedian
May 4, 1923 – July, 4, 2012.

Eric Sykes CBE was an English radio, stage, television and film writer, comedian, actor, and director whose performing career spanned more than 50 years. He frequently wrote for and performed with many other leading comedy performers and writers of the period, including Tony Hancock, Spike Milligan, Tommy Cooper, Peter Sellers, John Antrobus, and Johnny Speight.

Also known as Actor

Being deaf and partially blind means I don't really watch TV. I wouldn't know what to do with a remote control.

Eric Sykes
- Control
- Blind
- Deaf
I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to pass the salt.

Eric Sykes
- Champion
- Chess
- Salt

I'm proud of being a vaudevillian, the last of my line. A lot of people think my entertainment is candy-floss. Well, entertainment is too aggressive these days, all 'in your face.'

Eric Sykes
I asked my publisher what would happen if he sold all the copies of my book he'd printed. He said 'I'll just print another ten'.

Eric Sykes
- Print
- Copies
- Publisher