Asim Chaudhry

“My type of comedy is always self-deprecating, the joke's always on me.”

“It's not easy to make people laugh. You can make people cry, there are are universal things that we all feel; a pet dog dying, we're all going to cry. For horror you can give someone a jump-scare, but to make someone laugh is so tough, because everyone has a different sense of humour.”

“Unfortunately in our industry, as soon as you win a Bafta everyone suddenly wants to work with you. But you're still the same guy.”

“Art can be interpreted in various ways and having the freedom to do that is liberating as a creator and a viewer.”

“Growing up, there weren't many people on TV who looked like me - apart from the odd shopkeeper and the odd dodgy, racist joke in a sitcom.”

“I actually think gaming is amazing for your mental health.”

“So if you can make someone laugh, if you can make a lot of people laugh, it's a great thing. It's a powerful tool.”

“So yeah, from an early age, I always quite enjoyed gaming. It's always been a big part of my life.”

“I never went camping when I was a kid - I'm from Hounslow, it's a bit of a concrete jungle. In my old house, I bought a trampoline for my little sister, and I couldn't build it. It was there for a month, and I ended up paying a Polish guy to come and build it for me. I'm terrible.”

“I think we live in the fast instant gratification generation. We want our love like our food, our films, our deliveries... fast and instant. Dating can be quite disposable now, with a swipe of a finger you're gone.”

“Being a taxi driver is hard. They have to put up with a lot of idiots!”

“I personally have never indulged in online dating.”

“Growing up, I would use comedy as a kind of defence mechanism - you know, I'm going to call myself a nasty name before you can. I'm going to diss myself so much, and in such a funny way, you will have nothing left to say.”

“I went to a school that was probably 85 per cent South Asian and we knew nothing about our past.”

“In my opinion, if you do an accent well, it can never be racist. I've had white guys come up to me and do brilliant Chabuddy G accents, and what that says to me is they've taken the time to research this role, there's a level of respect there, of detail.”

“You might hear some police sirens and screaming in the background, but that's just normal for Hackney.”

“I was the worst contestant but I did have an absolute amazing time on 'Taskmaster', I think it's just genius.”

“At the end of the day, accolades are amazing and really humbling, but it doesn't really mean anything.”

“We understand about stereotyping and profiling, but it's still there. I've only known a post-9/11 world as an adult. I've only known looking like the guy you should be scared of. It's traumatic.”

“I think, for me, you know, I don't really do yoga. I haven't really got the body type for it. But for me, gaming is like yoga. Like, it can be very zen for me, because even though if I'm stressed, if I'm losing, I'm focusing on one game, one thing. I've got an objective. I've got a task.”