Nothing is too controversial, but you have to think about how to do it with sensitivity. I don't try to be insensitive. I think really, really carefully about exactly what things mean and how they will affect people. Stewart Lee affectcarefullycontroversial share on social
There's an assumption that my audience is all these bearded twats from Dalston. But actually, quite a lot of older people go. For them, it's like pre-alternative comedy, when there was Dave Allen or Jackie Mason or someone. Also, weirdly, because I don't really swear, they're not scared off. Stewart Lee allenalternativeassumption share on social
I think a comedian has to be low status on some level; that gives you the right to do all sorts of jokes about all sorts of different kinds of people. Stewart Lee comedianjokekind Change image and share on social
I'd quite like to write a book about comics, actually. But trying to write about comics as literature, which I don't think anyone's really done before. Sometimes they're more like fan books, and I'd quite like to write one about the Marvel universe over the last 50 years. It's an unprecedented achievement to create that length of continuity. Stewart Lee achievementbookcomic share on social
If I could travel through time, I wouldn't go back and change anything in my life, because I'm delighted with the way it's turned out. Stewart Lee backchangedelight Change image and share on social