Stand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can.

The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked.

When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing.

Whatever the occasion, [the Queen] has a face which demonstrably says 'I don't give a royal s**t.'

When you see people say crazy things on our show, they mean this stuff,and that's easy to forget: They're not joking.

I was definitely prepared for it to be slower, and it has not worked out that way in any shape or form. I'm grateful as a comedian, and slightly demoralized, occasionally, as a human being - those two things are always very different.

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.