I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.

I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf; I could just play an elf.

You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system.

One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.

When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.

Stammering is different than stuttering. Stutterers have trouble with the letters, while stammerers trip over entire parts of a sentence. We stammerers generally think of ourselves as very bright. My own private theory is that stammerers have so many ideas swirling around their brains at once that they can't get them all out, though I haven't found any scientific evidence to back that up.

You do a clean show and it's over and the audience have enjoyed themselves and you've enjoyed yourself, and you haven't had to resort to shock.