Dominic Holland

No one likes a pushy parent, and, 'pride' being one of the seven deadly sins, I needed to tread very carefully when creating a show about my eldest son, Tom, better known as Peter Parker and even better known as Marvel's new 'Spider-Man.'

There is nothing quite as loud as the silence of an audience when a comedian is on stage.

It's not cool to be star-struck.

I always think stand-up is the most brutal environment for a comedian.

Tom has a gilded life which I have had a glimpse of. Yes, he does travel in private jets.

The house I've bought in London, the holidays, everything has been bought from making people laugh, and if you'd said to me when I was 14 that's how I was going to make my living, I would have smiled from ear to ear.

Apathy in youth culture is pretty stark.

When I was a little boy, I was fascinated by the way my dad used to laugh at the telly, and from a very early age, I had an idea of what was funny and why people laughed.

I must say that I am rather partial to funny dog videos.

I just talk about the funny things in my life, and the idea is that my observations reflect the lives of my audience - so people are really laughing at themselves. This is the theory, anyway, and I am aware that in print, that it doesn't appear to be very funny. But it is, and I am definitely funny.

Stand-up comedy is not for the faint-hearted or the thin-skinned.

I am a professional comedian, a published novelist, and a general wit for hire.