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When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.

Comedy is probably a way of dealing with anxiety. Sometimes it's a way of dealing with pain.

Comedy is such a vulnerable thing. With drama, you're not trying to make someone cry. If you do, great, but that's not your goal. With comedy, you're trying to make someone laugh, so to me, it's harder because you are in such a vulnerable position. You're like, 'I hope people like this. I hope I do the joke justice.'

I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy.

I can't watch other people doing comedy. As soon as somebody starts being funny I have to turn off because it upsets me. I get comedy indigestion. I just hate anybody else being funny. That's my job.

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it's extremely painful.