The East is very mysterious to Westerners. Even post-Cold War, it's still an unknown entity.

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.

‎What's the weather like? ... It's fierce mild!

You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic.

If you're a comic, you don't have a rehearsal room, you rehearse on stage. My main concern is remembering everything.

I just wish I had longer. It's very frustrating. As you know, to people over here, cities like [Washington] D.C. are iconic. We know them so well. It's very frustrating to be in one of them for 36 hours and have a show to do because you can't really do anything.

If you're a comic, you don't have a rehearsal room; you rehearse on stage. My main concern is remembering everything. I've written lots of material, but how do you memorise 90 minutes? That's one hell of a long speech. I've always had problems with that.