Biografía

If Pacman had affected us as kids we'd be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music.

[on his comedy show "God Collar"] I hope that everybody who comes ... atheist, religious, agnostic, whatever ... is offended by it. Offence is important, that's how you know you care about things. Imagine a life where you're not offended. So dull. You know you care if you're offended. It's a question of what you do then with your offence. Do you write to a TV station and say, "Everything has to stop. The whole thing has to be shut down. Sell the BBC. Shut down Channel Five. Because someone said something I didn't like." Or do you actually then talk about it, make it part of your discussion and use it as an opportunity to learn perhaps?

Frankly, I think there should be an entry exam when you take out your licence fee. If you're not grown up enough to get it and to understand that different people like different things, don't have a telly, don't have a radio. You're not qualified.

There's so much comedy available now people view it as a career option but I've heard it's hard for new acts to even get free gigs.

There are a lot of comics at the top end making staggering amounts of money and selling out stadiums. I think stand-up is a more intimate thing than that. Maybe because of the kind of comedy I do. It's like a discussion but I'm the one with the microphone. The Hammersmith Apollo - which is 3,500 capacity - is perfect. That's as big as I'd like to go.