Is there a conception that American audiences will react to indifference?
I don’t know; there is a conception that American crowds are different and that sort of stuff, but funny’s funny across the world. I’ve played gigs in Holland where English is their second language, and [I’m] doing stand-up comedy to them in English, and they’re still getting all the jokes. Americans, sometimes when you talk about things… I think Americans can have very fixed opinions on certain subjects, such as religion, and sometimes when you’re in the clubs you will get a few more walk outs. I’ve seen people who are pissed off, but they won’t heckle half as much as the British will. The British will really yell stuff out at you. But what I dislike most about American crowds has nothing to do with the crowd; it’s the fact that while you’re doing stand-up, you have waitresses going around to the tables getting drinks. Elsewhere around the world in clubs people get up to get their own drinks. It’s very distracting in America. Everybody’s getting their bill and talking loudly about it;
