I Can't Relax Here. These

Go And Lie Down In The Dark... For Hours... And Don't Move. I'm Locking The Door Now

People Do Need A Social License To Go, "ha Ha Ha," And Have A Good Time. It's A Strange Thing. There's A Lot Of Social Ritual Around Comedy And Laughter. It's A Bonding Experience For Groups, But Nobody Can Tell You Much About How Funny Somebody Is. Sometimes People Just Need To Be In A Group And Be Laughing Together, Just Like They Need To Be In A Group In Watching Some Really Terrifying Film.

I Think Of Myself As A Theatre Comic Instead Of Club Comic Because I Tend To Talk For A Bit Before I Start Being Funny. I Don't Really Do The One-liners And Five Second Bits Or Whatever. But It's Good To Work Stuff Out Sometimes.

I Would Never Really Analyse What I Do. I Leave That To Other People - I'm Not A Critic. I Just Want To Get On With Whatever I Have In Hand, You Know? Just Try To Make The Best Job Of The Available Material.

Home Gigs Can Be Hard Because It's An Odd Collision. More Than Anything, I Feel Self-conscious When My Family Are In The Audience. I'm Doing This Job Which Is Not Quite Acting - Part Of It Is Me, Part Performance. You're Presenting A Cartoon Of Yourself To People Who Know You As A Line-drawing.