“The contrast of being in the spotlight when you're very young and then...” — Romesh Ranganathan Quote

The contrast of being in the spotlight when you're very young and then suddenly not can be really bad for your mental state.

When I started doing stand-up, I resigned from my job as a maths teacher and, three days before I was due to leave, my dad passed away.

Because let's be clear about this: birthdays are for children. It's the one day of the year where they get properly spoilt and are the centre of attention, and they get the presents they really, really want.

I used to do standup about footballers; they are easy targets because they are traditionally seen as stupid.

To contrast national solidarity and international cooperation as two opposites seems foolish to me.

America, to me, is this enormous contrast between the heady idealism of founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson, who said, 'All men are created equal,' and the reality that he was himself a slave owner.

While it's lovely that political media are so encouraging and supportive of Biden operatives, the contrast with their posture toward Trump officials is difficult to ignore.

There is a huge contrast between what others think who I am and my real self.

No one knows anything about economics. It's the great lie of the economists. By contrast in football people might have contrasting opinions, each of which has some validity. But the economists always speak in conditionals - what a mess.