6. What do your parents think of your job?

My parents were definitely not perfect but they always encouraged me to do whatever makes me happy and never asked or cared about how much I’d earn.

7. What’s the worst thing about being a comedian?

The worst thing is definitely the travel. I still love doing shows around Europe (I write this from McDonalds in Warsaw Airport) and I love meeting new people but I would prefer if thousands of people a year would come to my living room.

8. I think you are very good at what you do (that’s why I’m asking these questions). What do you think of you?

Again it depends on the day but on a good day I think I’m a decent comedian who could someday maybe be a good one.

9. How much do you earn and how much would you like to earn?

Bruce, For someone who claims to be very open this question makes me really uncomfortable. I am trying to figure out why. I think it’s because if I put a number then that number somehow defines how I am doing or is an instant measure of my success and I guess I disagree with that perceived judgement. Short answer, I want to be a millionaire.

10. How important is luck in terms of career success – have you had lucky breaks?

There’s an expression I coined I will share with you now Bruce. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. It’s very important. The luckiest break I have had in my career is when a producer on 8 Out of 10 Cats happened to go to Big Value show in Edinburgh and then recommend me to audition for the show. My subsequent appearance opened a lot of doors that I imagine otherwise may have been shut and I am very grateful for it.

11. Alan Davies has said that comedians fall into two categories - golfers and self-harmers. The former just get on with life, the latter! are tortured artists. Which are you – or do you think you fit into a! third category?

I think it’s stupid to try to put a giant group of people into 2 or even 3 categories. I definitely have struggled with being ‘tortured’ whatever that means and finding it hard to just get on w!ith life but right now am having a great time. Ebbs and flows.

12. Who is your favourite person ever and why – not including family or friends or other comedians?

I find it impossible to make definitive choices. This thought comes to find. Franz Kafka hated his own writing so much he wanted it to be destroyed after he died. I think that’s what I want to be. A genius that isn’t allowed to self destruct. Since I’m definitely not I will settle for being a humble, grateful Canadian wandering the UK telling jokes.

13. Do you keep your drawers tidy and if not why not? (please think long and hard about this question, it's to settle an argument with my girlfriend. The future of our relationship could depend on your response).

No I do not because right now I am not overly sure there is an afterlife so I think if I only exist for 60 - 70 years (comedians generally do not live the longest lives) then I really do not want to waste a large portion of it tidying fucking drawers.