Jo brand

I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do.

Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that.

Everything becomes magnified at night. Sounds travel in a different way, it's dark, and everything seems far more spooky.

As a comic and as a nurse, it's important to look calm on the surface when you're absolutely crapping yourself inside. So, if someone is waving a machete at you, which has happened to me when I was a...

I'm not a flag waver for obesity. It's not healthy, and you have a crap life because there is such a downer on it.

I think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others.

To me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out.

People can forgive each other.

I'm not really a churchy person, although I do think Jesus was a good bloke.

It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.