What do your parents think of your job?
They don’t know about it. It’s been relatively easy to keep it from them so far, it’s just been a case of steering them away from ITV2’s The Stand Up Sketch Show. They are, however, huge fans of Beyond The Joke, so this could be how they find out. (editor's note: thanks Mr & Mrs Moore)
What’s the worst thing about being a comedian?
The best bits link directly in with the worst. I’m very fortunate to be able to do comedy at 6am on weekdays as part of the Dave Berry Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio. All gigs should be at this time. You’re done at 10am, you have the whole of your day free. The worst bit is those fucking gigs at 8pm, or god forbid, 9. How am I meant to have had even 6 hours of sleep by 5am if I’ve just come offstage at 10:30pm the night before - all gigs should be done and dusted before Lorraine’s begun broadcasting.
I think you are very good at what you do (that’s why I’m asking these questions). What do you think of you?
I could maybe talk a bit slower onstage. My agent also said I could probably do with maybe having about 20 fewer jokes in my next show because - in their words - I can be a bit of a ‘stressful watch’, and I wholeheartedly agree.
How much do you earn and how much would you like to earn?
I earn enough to be able to go on holiday for one week, but not enough to go on holiday for two weeks.
How important is luck in terms of career success – have you had lucky breaks?
I like to think luck hasn’t got any part of it, but I’d be lying if I said the stars hadn’t aligned the first night I performed at the Copacabana - the Mock The Week booker was in; I could tell from the trilby and pinstriped suit. He told me afterwards ‘You got gumption, kid’ and I’ve never looked back since.
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 third category?
The last two years without the pressure of the Edinburgh Fringe has turned me into a golfer. Let’s watch that all fall apart in the month of August. The second I step off the train at Edinburgh Waverley and get that hoppy scent of the city in my nostrils, it’s self-harm time baby!
Who is your favourite person ever and why – not including family or friends or other comedians?
Former GMTV newsreader Saxon Baines. I couldn’t tell you what she looked like, or what she sounded like - I really don’t have any memories of seeing Saxon Baines on television. But I just can’t get over that name. At one point in time there was a newborn baby called Saxon Baines. I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s like it’s whispered into my ear once a month, and has been since I was 5 years old. Saxon Baines.
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).
Lockdown changed me. I was an odd-socks person until 2020, but now my drawers are very specifically categorised (t-shirts in one, jumpers in another, one for left contact lenses, another for right).
Glenn Moore: Will You Still Need Me Will You Still Feed Me, Glenn I’m Sixty Moore, Pleasance Courtyard, Aug 3 -28, 4.05pm. Tickets here.
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