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Stand-up Came Out Of Three Things. Frustration, Necessity And Arrogance. I Didn't Have A Great Career Ahead Of Me In Anything. Someone Literally Said To Me, 'you Should Try Stand-up,' And Took Me To A Venue.

At The Beggining Of My Career, For Me The Comedy Circuit Was A Combination Of Desperation And The Fact That It Was Something I Could Do. I Sort Of Meandered And Really Had No Idea What I Was Going To Do With My Life. I Had A Go At Stand-up, And I Was Sort Of Okay At It. I'd Say I'm The Opposite Of Someone That Has The Urge To Stand In Front Of Strangers And Make Them Laugh, But The Idea Of Getting Up And Telling A Story And People Finding It Amusing Always Appealed To Me. So I'd Say It Was Probably More About That Than Anything.

I Don't Like To Come At My Character From Some Really Technical Place.

It Only Seems Jarring When You Look Back On The Work I've Done. I Think If You Had To Map That Out At The Beginning And You Said, "right, Sit Down, This Is What You're Going To Be Doing," You'd Probably Freak Out. But I'm Someone Who Really Enjoys Not Being Himself. So If You Consider That, Then It All Sort Of Makes Sense. And I Just Think That's The Job Of An Actor. I Guess That's The Variation That You're Talking About. It's Probably A Byproduct Of Just Constantly Looking For Something Different, Because That's What I Feel Like I'm Supposed To Do.

Obviously This Stuff Takes A Bit Of Planning, But I've Always Been Someone That Sets Achievable Short-term Goals. I've Never Been Someone That's Had A Five-year Plan, Or A Three-year Plan. That Just Seems To Lead To A Lot Of Disappointment, And Doesn't Give You The Chance To Be Flexible. So I've Just Always Been Someone That's Sort Of Reassessed Where I'm At, And Set Goals That Are Realistic. And Luckily, I've Had Plenty Of Chances To Recalibrate And Adjust, And Good Fortune's Come My Way.