
John Oliver -- Born: 1977-04-23. Occupation: actor. Employer: HBO. Education: Christ's College. Awards: Great Immigrants Award.
Born1977-04-23
Occupationactor, comedian, film actor, journalist
EmployerHBO
EducationChrist's College, Mark Rutherford School, University of Cambridge
AwardsGreat Immigrants Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
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“That’s the only way that we can really move forward, total denial.”
The Hollywood Reporter2026-08-03Source“so I’ll just conclude by saying this: Let’s see Byron Allen do that on Comics Unleashed.”
The Hollywood Reporter2026-06-01Source“And if you’re thinking, ‘Why would you find a cartoon character sexually attractive in the first place?’ First, lots of people do, but that’s not what this thought exercise is asking, really,”
The Hollywood Reporter2026-06-01Source“I know to some, Vance might appear to be just another abrasive Maga asshole with a load-bearing beard,”
theguardian.com2026-03-16Source“But to many on the right, he’s a towering intellect.”
theguardian.com2026-03-16Source“Do you mean this show or this career? Certainly it feels like I've got some decisions to make.”
CBS News2025-07-27Source“That feels like a massive misuse of time, to wonder whether someone hates you … because you have to know deep down the answer is yes.”
Variety2024-08-23Source“We were writing the show in one or two days. We now have six researchers and six stories in different stages of development at the same time. We’re definitely better at it than when we started.”
The Hollywood Reporter2024-04-25SourceBrowse 7 more quotes
“There is no right reaction right now. Lots of us are grieving and grief has stages. We take different amounts of time for different people.”
theguardian.com2024-11-11Source“You might well be exhausted, confused, scared and running on fucking fumes right now. Which is fucking understandable, but you might be surprised just how far you can still get even on fumes.”
theguardian.com2024-11-11Source“Nothing’s happening, and everything has stayed the same,”
The Hollywood Reporter2026-08-03Source“Anyway, I would love to talk about this more, but we don’t have time,”
The Hollywood Reporter2026-06-01Source“It’s not necessarily a gift that you want, to be honest,”
Variety2024-08-23Source“Go back and look at those first episodes,”
The Hollywood Reporter2024-04-25Source“sure, but could you do this without an office and a studio and at home?”
collider.com2022-02-20SourceIn the News
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- nytimes.com · 2024-09-28
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- theguardian.com · 2023-11-13
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- washingtonpost.com · 2017-02-08
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