6. What do your parents think of your job?

My parents are thrilled I’m well and happy. Do I think they’d prefer if I didn’t talk about them so much? Sure. Will I? Probably not, they’re very funny people. 

My parents are very supportive and more than that, super Catholic, so fortunately for me they have to forgive me…

7. What’s the worst thing about being a comedian?

For me, it’s the false paradigm of competition. Most comics aren’t competing with one another and when we are, it’s very rarely about things we can control. It’s easy to forget that when it seems like there are finite opportunities but it’s such a toxic way of thinking and certainly doesn’t help me be funny so I try not to worry about what anyone else is doing. It’s a challenge though. 

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?

I think that if I ever thought I was good at comedy I’d probably stop doing it. Wanting to be better is what gets me up and working every morning. I think I’m fine, for a new comic. I think the standard I want to be at is a long way away from where I am now and I’m fine with that because I only started this a little over three years ago so I have a long life to get better at it (hopefully). Oh god, now I’m going to die and they’ll clip this answer to make it eery and weird. 

9. How much do you earn and how much would you like to earn?

Enough to go on a holiday most years but not enough to send my mum on one too so we’ve still got some work to do. 

10. How important is luck in terms of career success – have you had lucky breaks?

I think it’s as important as hard work. I like to think I’ve been working hard so that when I’ve had lucky breaks I was relatively prepared for or deserving of them but yes, I’ve been lucky. I’m lucky I was seen by my agency (they’re the most wonderful, hard working team), I’m lucky it’s not the 70s so I can be a lady in comedy without wanting to burn every club down (I still get the occasional urge), I’m lucky I’ve had so many lovely comics around me be so supportive. 

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 think I might be a tortured golfer. 

12. Who is your favourite person ever and why – not including family or friends or other comedians?

When I was in school I was an intellectually superior, slightly socially awkward, closeted girl in an all girls convent school. When I was 15, I skipped a year and went into the year above me. I did not have that many friends and I couldn’t play a sport. My English teacher Mr. Murphy got me to start debating. It took up every lunch time, mosts evenings after school and the odd Saturday. Mr. Murphy basically gave me a part-time job in arguing and consequently school was less lonely, I had a way of finding my people when I got to uni and it probably is what prepared me for comedy. 

I met him recently because he lives near my parents and I thanked him a bit too intensely and cried. He remembered me but I think I made it weird. 

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). 

I have OCD.