When you start doing television, you want a transcript of what you're going to say, and every time I've had to do that, I've looked at it and gone, "….

I can only develop a stand-up show by being on stage. I can't write it. Whenever I see comedy written down, it very rarely makes me laugh..

I don't think interviewing people is any different than normal communication. The only thing is that it has these boundaries set upon it as to what t….

If you're a musician, you create what you love and hope other people love it as well. Amongst musicians, the starting point is what they love, and th….

You have to have that emotional investment in the jokes that you're saying otherwise they actually don't work. You can say exactly the same thing, bu….

What you have to remember, when you get to the level of seeing 10,000 people a night, is that they've all paid to have a performance. I need to make ….

I refuse, whenever possible, to do shows on a Monday. I don't do gigs on a Monday, because nobody laughs on Mondays. Everybody wants Monday to be ove….

On his teenage son: To be honest, I'm not sure the same kid comes home each night..

What you have to do as a comedian, that I suppose is quite difficult, is you have to end it. All the stuff that I've ever done in the past - all the ….

For me, a tour show should have a narrative; it should have an arc. It shouldn't just be, "Here's one joke, here's another joke." That's not my style….

Being an England supporter is like being the over-optimistic parents of the fat kid on sports day..