6. What do your parents/children (delete as applicable) think of your job?
Fairly supportive. they still haven't seen me perform. they found a DVD of me doing my 5 minute set at beat the gong from 2013 and I walked downstairs one morning to see a chubbier me telling poorly constructed jokes in the style of Carl Donnelly on TV. I freaked out and turned it off. We never spoke of that moment again but sometimes when my mum is drinking I can tell she is holding back a tsunami of questions and opinions about my then set.
7. What’s the worst thing about being a comedian?
A mix of the endless driving and the fact I don't have a boss. I’ve had to find a method of structuring my day so I complete all the work I have to do. When you work for yourself its so easy to be super lazy. I think writing my first Edinburgh show was the first time I realised the harder you work the better something is. but yeah, I’d say constantly fighting the urge to do literally nothing
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?
As a rule I hate myself, and other comics are constantly telling me to be more confident. Milo McCabe and Stuart Goldsmith have both at separate times given me like an hour talking to on why I should believe in myself more. I’d say I'm kinda proud of myself that I took such a big risk in Edinburgh. I think a few people thought I’d go up and do an hour of my best stuff (as is the sensible thing to do) but I really love storytelling comedy like Mike Birbiglia and Sarah Kendall. Then this insane thing happened one night when I went back to stay at my parents house so I decided to take a risk and jump straight in, so I'm kind of proud of myself for that I guess, but as a rule I think you have to have some self doubt to create anything actually good,
9. How much do you earn and how much would you like to earn?
Depends. if I'm working on a show and previewing it I'll do less club gigs so I'll be super tight and pay bills and feed myself. but then I do a month or two of club gigs and think I'm rich so I buy all new gadgets and clothes then run out of money and have to pay my landlord in Edd Bucks (I’ve started my own crypto currency called Edd Bucks. Get on board).
10. How important is luck in terms of career success – have you had lucky breaks?
No clue mate. if I had to guess I’d say there’s no one big break but a series of tiny cracks that you back up with talent and ability that you've gained from working really hard, but I’d say the better you are the less luck you need. I’ve honestly no idea though, I still don't know how the tumble dryer in my flat works. I just keep bags for life in it.
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 like to think I'm a tortured artist but I'm probably just a dramatic golfer listening to Bon Iver on loop.
12. Who is your favourite person ever and why – not including family or friends or other comedians?
I met this dude in Adelaide at the fringe. his name was "Zen" everyone seemed to know him. Imagine like Santa cclaus lived in a tropical climate and loved drugs. He’s this big, friendly, wise, funny, dude in his mid 50s. he was the sound guy for a bunch of venues out there but he was honestly amazing. He seemed to float everywhere he went. I spent one night in Adelaide with him just chatting. he kept giving me all these little life lessons hidden in a story about how he once got a pie with the bass player from ZZ Top. Then on the plane it hit me that he probably wasn't real, just some kind of apparition my mind pulled up to give me advice and self confidence. then when I got to Heathrow I looked at my phone and he had sent me a Facebook friend request so he's totally a real person.
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).
Do you mean like manscaping or like do I keep my clothes neat and tidy? Either way the answer to both is I didn't but then my mum saw the mess and told me to clean it up LADS LADS!LADS!LADS!
