When you're surrounded by brilliant people it really is just easy to do your job.

I always performed as a kid to make my family laugh and was more concerned with making kids at school laugh than I was about the lessons.

When you're surrounded by brilliant people it really is just easy to do your job.

I think we all have a similar philosophy about comedy and comic performance which is that it's at its best when you can see the pleasure the performer has, when you can see a glimmer in the eye.

When I watch comedy I love to see that pleasure in the performer's eye and that sense of cheek - and even those moments when you can see someone is trying not to laugh.

Growing up, I watched shows such as 'Blackadder' and 'Monty Python' with my parents.

It's so infectious to watch people having fun.