When I started doing stand-up, I resigned from my job as a maths teacher and, three days before I was due to leave, my dad passed away.
When I first started watching stand-up, I fell in love with American comedy before British comedy.
What I'm like with lack of sleep is that I let the devil in, so if I'm tired the slightest thing will put me into a bad place.
Trying to be funny is arguably the least funny thing you can do.
Trumpeting diversity undermines what you are trying to achieve in the first place. It should happen without fanfare.
The contrast of being in the spotlight when you're very young and then suddenly not can be really bad for your mental state.
Teaching is so solid and reliable, comedy is not.
Some of the best comedy comes from squeezing humour from tragedy and struggle, but the main pursuit of comedy should be laughter.
People say that I'm quite grumpy and negative on stage and that I surely can't be like that off it, but I really am.
One day, I brought home Eddie Murphy's 'Raw', and Dad and I would watch that together.
My problem is that we are all listening to music in a more disposable fashion.
My mum's very spiritual, and I think she just tells everyone that I'm spiritual, too.
My mum's financial plan is Romesh becomes a millionaire.
My life consists of intense focus on urgent areas of development, and then abandonment of that focus shortly afterwards.
My comedy career aside, I am a father of three, a husband, a son, a brother and a vegan.
Announcing a diversity initiative, or making it a cause, exerts unwanted pressure.
Mum came to Crawley from Sri Lanka at 19 after marrying my dad. Later, Dad had financial problems and they split for a while.
I mean, my stand-up is very honest and exposing in this way. I probably carry that into everything I do.
I want to say things on stage that I wouldn't have the guts to say in conversation.
I would not have succeeded as a comedian had I not had some hugely lucky breaks.
My beard is just an ongoing effort to hide my face as much as possible.
I have long believed that success stories need a bit of balance. We only hear from people who risked it all, and found it paid off.
Having curry for breakfast is a thing of beauty.
Consuming art should involve investment and risk.
In the 10 years I've been with my wife we've probably argued twice.
