The colourful Bristolian has a reputation for quick wit with the media, but is determined to be taken more seriously for his work as a football manager.
Holloway has experience of managing in the Premier League, after guiding former club Blackpool to the top tier of English football in 2010.
"I'm trying to talk in a way so people don't think I'm funny anymore, I'm fed up with that," he said ahead of Palace's opener with Tottenham on Sunday.
"I'm not a comedian, I'm a football manager - at the end of the day that is what I do. You will have my interviews every week and they will be serious and I will be talking about football."
"I'm watching clips of people and trying to play catch-up. I have watched Tottenham and I know what I'm doing," he continued.
"But I've also watched players and I don't think at this time last season Palace would have had a scouting network across Europe - it is tiring and it is hard work."
