Mad Hatter Q&A - David McSavage: "My dying words would probably be asking for more morphine"

Who would be the last person you would invite to your birthday party?
Some of my neighbours who I can’t name for legal reasons.

Who would be the first person you would invite to your birthday party?
Ex-wife Hannah.

Favourite saying?
I literally don’t care.

Favourite record?
Anything by The Beatles.

Favourite book?
God forgive me I haven’t read a book in a long time, but the ones I read the most when growing up were the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series.

Favourite film?
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.

Favourite author?
Douglas Adams.

Favourite actor / actress
Caleb Landry Jones, / Fiona O’Shaughnessy.

Favourite musician?
Sinead O’Connor.

Most embarrassing moment of your life?
On date with girl I tried to silently fart, but it wasn’t a fart if you know what I mean, so I pretended to go to the toilet and never came back.

Favourite food/drink/stimulant?
Sushi / water / chocolate.

TV programme?
The Thick of It.

Favourite TV personality?
Ryan Tubridy.

Favourite item of clothing?
Too many to choose from scarves and hats... probably a tweed cap. But I saw someone recently I don’t like wearing a similar tweed cap, so I haven’t been wearing them as much.

Most desirable date?
Fiona Bruce.

Favourite method of relaxation?
Daytime naps.

If you weren’t pursuing your present career, what other career might you have chosen?
Guitar luthier.

Biggest thrill?
Birth of my sons.

Biggest disappointment?
Failing my Leaving Cert.

Your concept of heaven?
Hannah and my two sons having a good life, no war, no child suffering.

Your concept of hell?
War.

What would be your dying words?
More morphine.

Greatest ambition?
To work with comedians I admire and make TV and film.

Period of history you’d most like to have lived in and why?
1800s - the American West, the clothing.

If you weren’t a human being, which animal would you have chosen to be?
Cat.

If you were told that the world was ending tomorrow morning, how would you react/what would you do?
Hang out with family, get really drunk, settle a few scores.

Your nominee for the world’s best-dressed person?
Clint Eastwood.

Favourite term of abuse?
Shithead.

Biggest fear?
Loved one dying.

Humanity’s most useful invention?
Vaccines.

Humanity’s most useless invention?
Religion.

• David McSavage plays the 3Olympia, Dublin on Friday, September 2