6. What do your parents/children (delete as applicable) think of your job?
Dad was amazed at the amount of travel I did. Mom worries. The kids think I'm a show off even though they come along to many of my shows. I suspect they brag about me behind my back.
7. What’s the worst thing about being a comedian?
Wow this'll take minute. Watching old friends turn bitter.
8. I think you are very good at what you do (that’s why I’m asking these questions). What do you think of you?
At best, a loving, nurturing, funny person. At worst, a lazy shitheel.
9. How much do you earn and how much would you like to earn?
Enough that my girlfriend/wife of 30 years doesn't have to work. I'd make a lot more but that's where the "lazy shitheel" kicks in.
10. How important is luck in terms of career success – have you had lucky breaks?
My life and career have all been the result of lucky breaks. You gotta be good to be lucky.
11. Alan Davies has said that comedians fall into two categories - golfers and self-harmers. The former just get on with life, the latter are tortured artists. Which are you – or do you think you fit into a third category?
I've always thought I have a benevolent disorder.
12. Who is your favourite person ever and why – not including family or friends or other comedians?
Louis Armstrong. He was like a non-stop joy machine.
13. Do you keep your drawers tidy and if not why not? (please think long and hard about this question, it's to settle an argument with my girlfriend. The future of our relationship could depend on your response).
13. Fuck no. I don't trust tidy.
Mike Wilmot is at the Soho Theatre from Nov 9 - 12. Tickets here.
