Quotes from Rosie Jones

A year living with your parents when you turn 30 has been ripe for comedy.

It's in the British nature to go 'Where I live is rubbish, I hate it so much.'

I grew up in a little seaside town that I thought was absolutely rubbish and I couldn't wait to leave.

If I want to do something badly enough, I'll make it work, disability or no disability.

Like, if you don't want to talk to me it's your loss, and basically I'm a big deal so you should be bloody lucky to be talking to me.

I had an education at a mainstream school, I went to university, I got a job and with my cerebral palsy have been a successful and independent human being and I am proud of who I am.

As a disabled comedian, often my hecklers are also disabled.

By Year 11, I was a shell of myself. My mum was a teacher in my school, so she could see that I was dimming my light there in comparison to who I was at home.

As soon as the audience thinks they know where I'm going, I switch it around.

Stop ignoring disabled people, we make up 22 per cent of the population. We're here and we're worth listening to.

People say: 'Oh, Covid only affects people with pre-existing health conditions,' like that's alright.

Because of how I walk and I talk, I get abuse on a daily basis.

I love telly so much and I come from a telly background, I used to work in production.

No one finds me as funny as I find myself!

I pride myself on being excellent at fancy dress, and I have dressed up as Ronald McDonald, Lady Gaga, a Christmas pudding and a crocodile to name but a few.

Non-disabled actors should not still be playing disabled characters in 2020. We're better than that. It's frankly offensive and archaic and it makes me so angry I want to punch a wall.

I never came across a character who was brilliant, funny, flawed and just happened to have a disability. That's why I've written 'The Amazing Edie Eckhart.'

A good comedian can make serious political points while also having a giggle.

It is so important for children to know that being a little bit wobbly or 'different' doesn't stop somebody from achieving greatness!

Victoria Wood's 'Dinnerladies' is just exceptionally written; every single line is a setup or a punchline.

I told my mum recently, when I used to envisage my adulthood, it was just me working at a corner shop that mum and dad could drive me to and pick me up from. I couldn't ever imagine living on my own and having a job that I wanted to do. Because I never saw it.

I have Ataxic Cerebral Palsy, which happened at birth. I was starved of oxygen and didn't breathe for fifteen minutes, which I really wouldn't recommend.

As a disabled person, it can be seen to be really hard to go on holiday.

I've tried to apply for jobs and I've been hung up on because of how I speak.