I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.
Jo BrandI had always fancied a go at the comedy and when it started to go reasonably well and the opportunity arose for me to move into it full time, I just couldn't turn it down. I just took the risk, and I just wanted to see if it would work and thankfully it did.
Jo BrandRegular panelists on shows can be terrifying. They own that space, and many guest comics suspect they are favoured in the edit, while their own hilarious jokes end up being ejected into the ether.
Jo BrandWhen I was a nurse my favourite assignment was the anorexic ward. I sometimes ate as many as seventeen dinners
Jo Brand