Anh Do

“I'm not a megaphone sort of guy. I just let my art talk for itself.”

“I find myself chatting with my paintings, not deep and meaningful stuff, but things like 'hey there buddy' and 'oh, look what I did to your nose!'”

“I started mixing my real life stories into my stand-up, and on stage it's much more powerful.”

“If I inherited a billion dollars and didn't have to work ever again, what would I do to fill my day? I'd paint, I'd write jokes and stories, and I'd hang out and chat to very interesting people.”

“A bloke like Kyle Sandilands, he's never boring.”

“When I was in primary school I was in a special needs group, which is the polite way of saying the dopey kids.”

“My favourite emails are along the lines of, 'My 14-year-old doesn't read much, but I gave him your book and he finished it in two days.' This has been the most rewarding experience.”

“I reckon I'm actually one of the least funny in my family.”

“You go to Florence and all the paintings you've seen in books are there. To see them in real life, it just blows your mind.”

“Now that I have four kids, I realise you love your kids forever, no matter what.”

“Stand-up comedy is a really lonely profession: you 'perform for 2000 people, then you go to a hotel room by yourself and stare at a wall.”

“When I paint at home with friends, I have a chat and it's just a good time.”