My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.

Doing stand-up takes the fun out of being funny.

My biggest ambition when I was younger was to appear on stage at what was then Nimrod, which is the theatre where my father used to take me on Sunday afternoons to see matinees. The most extraordinary things used to occur on that stage.

I like cooking, but I like other people cooking more.

The idea of doing stand-up is terrifying to me.

And if people do like me, I think it's because I'm a stand-up guy.