I'm a standup comedian who gets to act. I'm never going to not do standup. I love doing it and when I go through periods where I'm doing a lot of acting work, I still do standup.

[I'm] more German than Irish.

It's better to just plough ahead. And if I say something they don't get, I just make fun of myself for assuming that everybody knows everything about where I live.

My dad was a dentist but I wasn't a hygienist. I assisted my dad.

The whole city [Manchester] just a real rock music vibe. It reminded me a lot of where I'm from.

I'm always looking at new ways to tell a joke so that it doesn't get stale while working on new jokes every night or I would go absolutely crazy and would want to kill myself. I just want to go in there and talk about what's bugging me.

Business runs hot and cold so the more you're in charge of your own destiny, the better off you are.