There are so many low points with stand-up. You are perpetually humiliated, so it doesn't really matter anymore. I don't have any dignity left to lose. An audience can’t hurt you anymore when you’ve been completely dismantled.

Politics has become infused with narcissism in America.

I'm British. I don't really have access to my emotions on a daily basis.

I have exactly as much rhythm as you think I have.

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

I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.

We in Britain stopped evolving gastronomically with the advent of the pie. Everything beyond that seemed like a brave, frightening new world. We knew the French were up to something across the Channel, but we didn't want anything to do with it.