1. What is the last thing you do before you go onstage (apart from check your flies, check for spinach between teeth and check your knickers aren't sticking out of your skirt)?
If it's looking like a tough gig, I check my facial expression because often I'll let my face betray how I'm feeling as I go onstage and it wrecks my chances in a potentially salvageable room. It helps to imagine there's someone in the room who's never seen stand up before and is excited despite a difficult atmosphere.
2. What irritates you?
People who lack the imagination to consider, even just for fun, the notion that they might be wrong.
3. What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done?
Statistically, probably living in Johannesburg. Other than that, rugby? I try to shoot shotgun or rifle when I can, but maybe that's only the most dangerous for other people nearby.
4. What is the most stupid thing you have ever done?
It's a tie between drinking enough that I missed a flight the next day and trying to date someone soon after their five-year relationship crumbled. These are both very stupid things to do.
5. What has surprised you the most during your career in comedy?
The sheer size of the circuit.
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