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Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile.

I haven't been really nervous about a gig in a long time.

A lot of people think, 'Oh, you made 'SNL.' You're set. You're good.' No. All there is gigs, and you go from one gig to another. And hopefully you get a good gig, and it lasts for a while, and you get good work and people remember it, and you have good memories of it.

For a time that you couldn't get a gig if you didn't look a certain way.

Performing has been part of my life since I was eight years old, so that's what I think I do. I don't think about the fact that it happens to be in a bigger venue where people get to know you, or they think they do.

People said I couldn't gig, and I proved them wrong.

Maybe I just wasn't a show-biz type. I didn't miss performing at all.

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

It's no accident that I'm not married and don't have kids yet. Because, despite what I've achieved in my career, I'm always wondering when somebody's gonna tap me on the shoulder and say, 'OK, the gig is up.'

Do you know I used to pride myself on the fact that I'd never booked a show in my life, but that I'd played so many because I'd been invited?