Corinne Grant

Corinne: I was a bit of a dickhead when I was growing up. I just loved to run around and dance stupid and act a fool. But that's also because I don't like to take myself seriously, so I cover it in a veneer of humour.

Corinne: (asked why farting is funny) It has to be a loud one. It's like physiological slapstick. Slapstick is always unexpected. You never see a fart coming.

Corinne: (on being an occasional panellist on the political chat show, The Glass House) It was a great release for me. Politics is something I'm passionate about. Social justice issues, especially, can get me quite irate.

Corinne: I think that the reason I perform the way I do is because I grew up in a town where we all knew each other. There was no point putting on airs and graces. Living in the country has given me a pretty good grounding in being myself. You can't get a big head because someone will tell you to snap out of it.

Corinne: (revealing she became funnier in high school) More through a lack of communication skills than anything else. I didn't know how to be a cool kid and I think I was probably too chicken to be a smart-arse. I was telling some story and the teacher actually pushed me outside of the room. They were trying to close this sliding door, and I was trying to hold it open to get the punch line out.