The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty. Dylan Moran characterlifepeople Change image and share on social
Lots of comics try stuff out all year round, which is very sensible - I don't. Dylan Moran comiclotround Change image and share on social
My drive to put myself on the line comes from boredom. From that feeling when you go to bed and think, 'What did I do today?' It doesn't have to be something monumental, just a feeling that you really tried to look at something, or look into something. Dylan Moran bedboredomdrive share on social
I would never really analyse what I do. I leave that to other people - I'm not a critic. I just want to get on with whatever I have in hand, you know? Just try to make the best job of the available material. Dylan Moran analysecritichand share on social
I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself. Dylan Moran lotparodytime Change image and share on social
What is universal can be surprising. Over time you find the kind of stuff which has people thinking 'That is just something that occurred to me... there's something wrong with me', is in fact stuff that is universal. Dylan Moran factfindkind share on social
You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up. Dylan Moran attachebulldozerdrive Change image and share on social
I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren't any formal application forms you had to fill in for stand-up, so I thought I'd give that a twist. Dylan Moran applicationfillform Change image and share on social
You have to assume that you're talking to the most intelligent, tuned-in audience you could ever get. That's the way you're going to get the best out of people. Whether they know you or not shouldn't matter for comedy. They should get to know you pretty quickly. and they should be having a good time pretty quickly. Dylan Moran assumeaudiencecomedy share on social
I never thought I want to do anything, really, except not go to work properly and turn up at the same place every day and eat sandwiches in the same canteen, if I can possibly help it, as I don't think I'd be very good at it. Dylan Moran canteendayeat share on social