British people would die for their right to drink themselves to death.

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

You're sonically racist, Americans. You think we all sound the same, whereas I have definitely a mongrel accent.

I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy.

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

My family are from Liverpool, so I have some twang there - I have a Midlands accent, and I was raised about an hour north of London, so my voice is a mess. Although, to American ears, it sounds like the crisp language of a queen's butler.

It's exciting to have a role in anything that's Claymation, just because you're always intrigued by what a clay wizard version of yourself would be.