A Quote by Joe Lycett

I'm so British and polite that creating a scene or being confrontational is so not my vibe. — © Joe Lycett
I'm so British and polite that creating a scene or being confrontational is so not my vibe.
As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute.
The uber polite people who are the neighbors to our north and how we can be so different and yet so the same because Canadians are supremely polite. They're kind and they're just so welcoming to a bunch of American and British artists here filming their show.
I've been brought up to be polite and I'm not very confrontational, but even I have walked away from situations and thought, 'If only I'd said or done that.' Well Mr Hyde says and does that.
I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery.
Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
I like being in focus, in the moment, changing and adapting and creating and advancing a scene.
It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics.
We must recall the most important of humanity guidelines: Be polite. Being polite is possibly the greatest daily contribution everyone can make to life on Earth.
I think I've realized that business and being polite [don't] match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me being fair to myself.
We've never adopted Americanisms. We are a very British band from a very British cultural scene. We fly that flag and that is something I enjoy.
The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.
I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in a way, if it's an independent movie, I can teach the crew to kind of relax, or create a vibe. It really is about a vibe.
There's something very polite about the British accents. It's sort of sanitizing.
I couldn't take that whole retail thing of being polite to people that are not being polite to you, and showing respect to people when they've got no respect for you. Retail in general is something I just can't do, unless it's my own shop.
My heroes in real life are definitely my mom for being true to herself, for having a foot in both worlds, for being so very polite - Canadian and also such a traditional Greek woman. I would sum it up this way: the life lesson she would say is be polite while you're breaking the rules.
I know Im British. I havent spent much time in the U.K., but my parents are British, my family heritage is British, so if I wasnt British, what would I be? I am British.
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