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Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine.
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Some comics are in it for what they can get out of it. Others are in it for a love of comedy. I think those that are in it for a genuine love of comedy find each other within the circuit and become friends.
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I've got my finger in a lot of pies.
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Writing a book about yourself is like therapy, and you go 'Oh My God, that's the reason that happened.' Writing about it, you're forced to really examine things.
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I get obsessed with decorations and decorating the house. I keep it tasteful outside, but when you get inside it is a bit like Blackpool illuminations, I go bonkers!
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There's this idea that it has to be made in London. But we've got everything up here, and if you've got comics who are gifted because of where they're from, you shouldn't drag them away from that natural resource.
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I think if you're at the point where you're popular enough to sell your wedding photos to OK! Magazine then you don't need the money.
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I found popularity through self-destruction, and that can be quite addictive.
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway.
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'Johnny' was a coping mechanism who could take those things which could have ordinarily destroyed me, by tweaking my past and throwing it back out there, getting laughs from things that would have otherwise upset me.
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I've got little ankles and a bit of a belly, so it makes me look rather an egg on legs.
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I'd never experienced stress before I did stand-up, and it was a massive shock to my system, this thing of waking up, and the nerves of, 'You're on stage tonight.'
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I always say that the stand-up world is the arena of the unwell, and it is.
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This autocue was obviously written for someone else and I've been brought in at the last minute.
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If you write, produce and direct, you own things and see them through to the end.
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We all have days where we can't pronounce things or give it the emotion it deserves.
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I used to attract a lot of feeders. I'd be quite happy to be locked in someone's flat and fed liquidised burgers.