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

I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting into.

I'm always interested in audience interaction. Not so much aggressive audience interaction - I'm genuinely interested in how people see things.

I feel non-stop Brit shame!

I don't know if there is some psychological thing of wanting to know where your doctor got his degree from before he comes into the medical room.

The poverty line is like the age of consent: if you find yourself parsing exactly where it is, you’ve probably already done something very, very wrong.

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