Most stand-ups, once they have done it, think of it as their default job. I'm pretty sure Jon Stewart still feels that way now. You are a stand-up first; other things come and go.
I would much rather America was a more stable, wonderful place. You know, I love it.
A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.
I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go.
I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.
You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well. It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them.
