I'm not a fighter, I'm a bleeder.

I don't do drugs. If I want a rush I just get out of a chair when I'm not expecting it.

I don't do drugs. If I want a rush I just stand up when I'm not expecting it.

Stand-up came naturally to me because people in Ireland talk. But that's not talking on panel shows; it is structured fun. It reminds me of some tragic aunt clapping her hands and bouncing into a room and announcing we should all play games... and if we don't we are all a rotten spoilsport.

I am a fighter and not a quitter.

You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up.