It really helps a comedian to be an outsider.

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

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

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

I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician.

In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup, you don't really want to be listening to what somebody is saying; you want to project your jokes into their face.

Democracy is like a tambourine, not everyone can be trusted with it.