Baz McAlister, Journalist

“I found out that if you’re on television, a television is tax-deductible, so I thought I’d make use of that."

"I’m not giving up on America, I love it – but I’m not chasing it anymore. It becomes a bit too soul-destroying. I’m happy with what I’ve got."

“I’ll take a challenge or an adventure and explore it from lots of different angles until I run out of time or some calamity happens.”

“You know when you discover a band that no one knows and then you love them and they get popular and it’s not as cool – conspiracy theory stuff is like that."

“Imagine being a huge Iron Maiden fan, and you’re a world-class plumber. And you find out that Bruce Dickinson wants to get into plumbing, and needs plumbing tips from you!”

“So a new writer’s gotta have some tricks up his sleeve. And that’s what I’ll teach ‘em.”

“We’ll throw in a few Christmas gags and decorate the stage with trees; and I’ll do a wee nativity play with the crowd, as well. Oh, it’ll be a disaster. It’s always a fucking disaster."

"Some said it was a risky move going from a 300-seat theatre last year to a five-seat tent but we thought we’d keep it real. We’re musical comedy trailblazers."

"It’s interesting to look at how there are no Supergirl underpants for us. [My daughter] should be allowed to put Supergirl underpants on and feel strong!"

“I took off from the real person to write the character, but a lot of what you see onscreen is what the real Shaz was like... She says a lot of the things Shaz said. Toni Colette nailed her.”

“If you’re just touring around, doing stand-up, always on trains or planes, there’s only so much material you can do about that. So the more you can keep a normal life, the better. You want to talk about stuff that everyone connects to.”

"No one will ever match [Michael Jackson] completely; we’re closer in some songs than in others. But it took me years to be able to be precise enough to sing and dance at the same time."