Stewart Lee

I thought, well, that's not on, really, coming from a man who spends all his life in a gym.

So all those people have a go at people.

They have a go at harmless celebrities or people they consider naff in some way.

And I'm not interested in that world.

I don't even know who those people are.

I'm interested in politics and comedy, mainly.

My stand-up is about a stand-up comedian who's trying to do shows.

There's no artifice in that way.

Whereas someone like Lee Mack, who's very good, comes out and he talks about everyday life.

He's like your friend who's somehow on stage.

Whereas I'm not your friend and I'm not pretending to be.

I'm a bloke who's a comedian who feels a bit hard done by and is on tour all the time and talks about putting the shows together and the business of that a lot of the times.

That's why the jokes are about those people, because that's his world.

How I Escaped My Certain Feet.

Well, that's very kind of you.

Proud of that book.

I liked Dave Allen as a kid, and a book came out about Dave Allen, and I wanted to read it.

And it was all about Dave Allen's life and playing golf and whatever, and there was nothing about how he developed material.

And I thought, well, I want to read a book about a comedian.

It's not about their celebrity, but it's about their process.