“Your country becomes funnier the further you are from it. I remember s...” — Russell Howard Quote

Your country becomes funnier the further you are from it. I remember seeing Boris Johnson on the news when I was in Hong Kong, and he looked so much more ridiculous.

It's a bit of a cliche but throughout London, even in places like Notting Hill, you'll see utter luxury alongside council flats - it shows the tapestry of life and I adore that.

These are strange times. I'm 37 and this is the weirdest the world's ever felt. There's a right-wing, nationalistic anger sweeping through Europe and America.

Question Time' is a nice forum for reasoned political debate. There's no point having me on there trying to crack jokes.

When comics are in the room, people have a tendency to try to make them laugh. That doesn't really make you funnier. It makes you a comic's comic, but you aren't going to get a fan base doing that.

There are times over different projects when I've asked the writers why people are swearing for no good reason. I tell them that it would be funnier if there weren't these swear words.

The funnier the material, the funnier I could make it.

There's always going to be someone as funny as you or funnier.

With my teammates, I'm more open, funnier than people see me.