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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 learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular.

I've done stand-up since I was 18 years old, and I absolutely love it, but I used to go onstage, and the audience was my peers. Now I go onstage, and I could be their mother.

I started doing stand-up in college.

I was 18 when I started. I was hanging out with some friends and they asked if I had tried stand-up before. I hadn't, but I thought: 'What the hell?' So I went to an open mic night, and I liked it.

I started doing stand up when I was 19. Because I was underage at the time, at certain clubs I would be forced to wait outside until it was my time to go on stage. Then I would do my set, walk off, and be kicked out again.

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.

I think I felt like a regular kid. Growing up in New York, I never felt I was a big deal.

I realize as I get older that stand-up is a huge part of who I am. I think I'll do it for the rest of my life.