Quotes On: Comedy

I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up.

Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character.

From the point of view of being in the public radar, comedians have fewer problems than other actors.

In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest.

You can start any Monty Python routine and people finish it for you.

The improv, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running.

I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage.

Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.