Quote of the Day (John Oliver, on Starring in an Action-Film Franchise)

“If I was going to be in a Fast and Furious kind of a movie, I think I would be the one sensible driver. I feel like that group of people needs a sensible driver who refuses to break the law because he’s on a green card. So I would be the one driver appearing to the scene late but with his car in impeccable condition while a bunch of Lamborghinis are smoking at the side of the road. Someone who’s turning up in a Ford Cortina that has no paint chips.” —Last Week Tonight host John Oliver, “Stupid Questions With John Oliver” (interviewed by Ray Rahman), Entertainment Weekly, Feb. 17, 2017

(Photograph of John Oliver from February 2008, by Ted Kerwin.)

Quote of the Day (John Oliver, on What He Misses Most About England)

“Seeing the queen’s face whenever you try to pay for your groceries. That’s because her face is on our money, not because she works at a supermarket cash register.”— John Oliver, Daily Show correspondent (and summer replacement for Jon Stewart), on what he misses most about England, quoted in “Oliver’sTwist,” The Washingtonian, November 2013

(Photograph of John Oliver from February 2008, by Ted Kerwin.)