I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between gigs, now I just like to do stand-up gigs as much as I can.

My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.

I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.

I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.

Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.

In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up.