The British media is sinking down, as the American news media has lowered the bar for all of humanity. British news media is definitely trying to stoop down to that level. Everyone is stooping to the lowest common denominator.

I guess the tone of jokes is often, at best, irreverent, but it always comes from a place of deep love.

Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.

I care about facts the way I care about oxygen and imbibing enough water a day to live.

You don't really know when stand-up material is TV ready; it's just at what point you're willing to let it go and not work on it anymore. I'm not sure there is a point at which you think: 'And that is finished.'

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

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