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I'm self-deprecating - I spend a lot of time telling myself that things are OK, as opposed to having to tell myself to get over things.

Self-depreciation is a disease. Once it gets a hold on us - good-bye!

I think self-deprecation is such a disease, and I want to cure everybody of it and so that's my contribution.

My standup is observational, but it's self-observational, and it's self-deprecating, definitely.

I detest self-regard. If my work has taught me anything, it is that self-aggrandisement is completely unhistorical.

However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt.

I have many moments of self doubt. Everybody does.

Comedy is basically self-deprecation.

I self-deprecate. When I first got here two years ago, I didn't realise that in America you can't go into the room and put yourself down.