I didn't want to be nobody, and that was the only way I could be somebody was to do stand-up.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't want to be anyone else.
While I was doing stand-up, I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought people wanted me to be. I'd say yes when I wanted to say no, and I even wore a few dresses.
I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.
I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.
It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.
I can't be anybody but myself.
When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.
Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said to me, 'You should try stand-up,' and took me to a venue.
I've never wanted to be anyone other than who I am.