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I would much rather America was a more stable, wonderful place. You know, I love it.
I'm always interested in audience interaction. Not so much aggressive audience interaction - I'm genuinely interested in how people see... →
I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.
Stand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can.
The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked.
There are two kinds of hecklers: the destructive and constructive hecklers.
When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing.
When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.
You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well.
There are so many low points with stand-up. You are perpetually humiliated, so it doesn't really matter anymore. I don't have any dignity... →
I have occasionally - if ever I do interviews that are difficult or nerve-wracking - I take my wife's dog tags and have them in my pocket because... →
I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy. And I guess I've always liked to channel some kind of... →
If I wanted to take a more activist or journalistic slant in work, I should probably just go be an activist or a journalist. But I'm happy being... →
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