I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me.

I knew a bit but we don't study a lot of British history at school in Australia. We have our own 50-year period to concentrate on.

The longer you have something, the stronger the bond. That's true with people as well as things.

Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said to me, 'You should try stand-up,' and took me to a venue.

By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don't really have a strong desire to prove myself in that area, or to go back to it in any great way.

Over my lifetime, the car had actually transcended the fact that it is a car. It has become a venue.

Without a doubt, rowing is the hardest thing you can attempt to learn in a short period of time.