6 Quotes & Sayings By Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries is an Australian-born actor, comedian and writer. He is known for impersonating and creating many different characters, including Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. Humphries was born in the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe, to a mother who was a nurse and father who worked as a butcher. He attended De La Salle College Ivanhoe and Hume Grammar.

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I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect. Barry Humphries
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered. Barry Humphries
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I never thought that I would become a staple in the Australian cultural diet. The equivalent of bread or milk, or a fine old Tasmanian Mauve Vein. I think it's because I talk about things that people dare not mention. I don't mean raunchy things or unsavoury things. I call a spade a spade - I discuss things in a realistic manner. Barry Humphries
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I have beautiful, beautiful clothes, designed by my bachelor boy son, Kenny. Kenny has a big following as it is, and even Lady Gaga has asked Kenny to design dresses for her. But Kenny isn't very keen on, well, shall we say, extreme women. He likes someone that women all over the world can identify with. Barry Humphries
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Glamour comes from within. My beauty regime begins with my personality. Barry Humphries