Shappi Khorsandi Quotes

“It's no fun being a broody Iranian woman. Every time I said to people "My body clock is ticking," they would hit the ground!”

Shappi Khorsandi

Live at the Apollo (Series 4 Episode 2, December 2008)

“My little sister, she got me on Facebook because I was on MySpace: "No, no, no. You don't want to be on MySpace, you want to be on Facebook!" So I joined both. But I keep muddling them up, so I keep asking people to come on MyFace. Still, eighty thousand friends!”

Shappi Khorsandi

Live at the Apollo (Series 4 Episode 2, December 2008)

“I don't know if I would have been a stand-up comedian in Iran because, as you know, the government advocates free speech… but there's no freedom after you've spoken… It gets a bit deathy.”

Shappi Khorsandi

Live at the Apollo (Series 4 Episode 2, December 2008)

“I'm actually going on holiday to India next month, and I wanted to know what the weather was gonna be like there, so I phoned my bank.”

Shappi Khorsandi

Live at the Apollo (Series 4 Episode 2, December 2008)