I've got too much respect for stand-ups to call myself one.

I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind.

I avoid any kind of organised trips as that's one of my bugbears.

I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.

They look outside the windows of their apartment in town and realize they're not living in a terrace anymore. This is a room full of dreamers who like to go to London for a day.

You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.

Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine.