Stand-up Came Out Of Three Things. Frustration,

I Hate Being Clean-shaven. My Daughter Gets Very Upset If I Shave And Says, 'bring Back The Spikes, Dad.'

It's Always Bitterly Disappointing To People To See How Normally One Can Live.

It's Always Been My Hope, As An Actor, To Reveal Only What Is Relevant About Myself To The Work.

I'm Very Much A Bit Of A Ghost Presence.

Just From My Own Experience, A Lot Of The Comedians I Used To Work With Were Miserable In Their Actual Lives. I Think You Need To Be Able To See A Lot Of Negative In Things In Order To Extract Material, So There's Probably Something To That. A Lot Of The People I Used To Work With Were Very, Very, Very Unfunny Offstage, So That's A Pretty Common Thing.