Katherine Ryan

“I highly recommend reading the book 'Confessions Of A Video Vixen.'”

“I've always been attracted to comedy that was really close to the line and made people a little uncomfortable, because that's where progress comes from.”

“The holidays are the worst time to travel, and ISIS aren't making things any easier.”

“I love Britain. I'm an Irish citizen, but I was born in Canada, and I'm a British comedian, really. My entire career has been over here.”

“I am an undisputed gangster. To me, that means playing by my own rules.”

“The more you mess with texture and colour, the worse your hair is going to feel.”

“Posh people blow my mind. Apart from empathy, they're good at everything - true survivalists.”

“Society wants happy families.”

“I got into comedy at exactly the right moment.”

“Stand-up comedy is not a man's job. It's an alpha job: To be the only person in a room with a microphone who's allowed to talk.”

“I'm very careful not to tell a joke just to get a reaction.”

“One of my favourite things about living in the U.K. is having that chance to go to festivals.”

“I'm not a nasty person.”

“I've decided that I'm completely rock n' roll.”

“I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to look and feel like a grown woman when I was young. That's one reason why it's important to hold adults who take advantage of that fully accountable.”

“When I talk about celebrities, I don't dislike them - it's what they represent.”

“Anything that I'm passionate about and surprises me usually ends up turning into a joke simply because I have questions about it and I'm curious and I want to talk about it.”

“I always tried to fit in, so I was a cheerleader with the orange skin and white-blonde hair, and Hooters was part of that.”

“I thank God every day that there was no YouTube or Twitter when I was a teenager. I would have had a channel, and it would have been mortifying.”

“Growing up, I loved comedy even before I knew that you could be a stand-up comedian.”