![]() I used to self-analyse it and how I felt about it, and then I started applying it to my comedy career and a whole bunch of things.” Born in Yemen – her father was an accountant for BP – Izzard’s early years were spent in Wales, attending schools in Swansea and Porthcawl and performing in plays. “I developed all these analytical tools – bizarrely from coming out as transgender. ![]() “I’m very happy with that.” Izzard believes it has helped her writing. “Now that pronouns have come out, it feels like a promotion,” she said. “I just think if you’re transgender and came out years ago, you’ve got to be fairly optimistic.” In December, Izzard revealed she had adopted the pronouns “she” and “her”, expanding on earlier interviews in which she identified as gender-fluid. There have been plenty of dramatic roles since The Secret Agent – from Valkyrie with Tom Cruise to Victoria & Abdul with Dame Judi Dench – but this rollicking, old-fashioned thriller is Izzard’s first credit as co-writer, and her mood is as bright as the spring sunshine. “You can do a fine-wine type career instead of a rocket.” We are sitting in the picturesque grounds of a Welsh farmhouse, where Izzard’s new movie, Six Minutes to Midnight, is being shot. Acting began a few years later – a West End debut in David Mamet’s The Cryptogram in 1994, followed by a first major movie, The Secret Agent, two years after that. “I seem to be either blessed – or cursed – with the slow-career thing.” That rather depends on your view of slow – Izzard’s first stand-up appearance was at The Comedy Store, aged 25, in 1987. All of this will be streamed live to raise money for charities that ‘Make Humanity Great Again’.“I spent years getting to this point,” says Eddie Izzard. Join Eddie on ‘A Run for Hope’ that will usher in a new year and a new future, encouraging people all over Europe and around the world to unite together to ‘Make Humanity Great Again’.Įach day in January Eddie will run a marathon followed by a “Best-Of” comedy gig. ![]() I will attempt to run (on a treadmill) 31 marathons, and then perform 31 stand-up shows, in 31 days, in 31 virtual cities from across Europe and around the world - to raise money to give to charities that Make Humanity Great. ![]() Which is why, when hope in the real world seems far away, that I begin this run in our locked-down world. This is a time to look forward, to work together, to be tolerant and to live and let live. It speaks to people who believe there is more goodwill than ill-will in the world, who believe in the positive qualities of humanity and in the Golden Rule - to treat other people the way you would like to be treated yourself. ‘Make Humanity Great Again’ stands for unity, the sharing of beliefs and the power of human beings uniting across the continents and around the world.Īs a campaign it seeks to promote a fair chance in life for all, particularly those who experience disadvantage and discrimination. Working together feeds the spirit that can restore the greatness to humanity. In my life I try to look for the opposite - to look for what brings us together, which helps make us all stronger. "There is too much talk of division in the world.
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