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Most of my jokes are racist - usually about the Irish.

I'm just a loud Irish guy.

Yes... I miss that everyone in Ireland tries to knock some humour out of every situation. I don't think I appreciated that. It's unique to Ireland.

I'm one of those people who laughs everything off. If I mess up, I just say, 'Ha! Totally didn't mean to do that.'

Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.

There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find?

If I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.

Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.

Some people say to me, 'You don't sound very Irish.' It's because I have this tendency to iron out my accent: not because I'm ashamed of it but because it makes my life easier if I don't keep having to repeat myself.

I grew up in Manchester in a big Irish family - there are seven of us in all - so my life has always been about role-playing, about doing anything for a laugh. I'm always joking about; that's the way I am.