Comedian Hannah Gadsby asks Yana the tough questions…

Hannah: What is your favourite Arnott’s Family Assorted Cream biscuit?
Yana: Monte Carlo. I like those pink bits.

Hannah: How do you prepare yourself for a performance?
Yana: I say out loud, ‘I’m fabulous, I’m brilliant, I’m the best, there is no other, there can be no other, there will never be another.’ Then I have some chocolate and weep inconsolably about my lost childhood.

Hannah: If you don’t perform regularly do you get needy?
Yana: How dare you insinuate that when people applaud wildly I glimpse just briefly what love must feel like. The answer to the question is NO!

Hannah: What do you miss most about your childhood?
Yana: Nothing, my childhood was fraught with pain.

Hannah: Do you find anger a guilty pleasure?
Yana: I don’t find anger, anger finds me.

Hannah: Do you have any scars?
Yana: Is a belly button a scar?

Hannah: What is your favourite word to say?
Yana: I, followed by ME, then, MYSELF.

Hannah: Who would you never perform for?
Yana: I don’t discriminate. But probably Daryl Somers.

Hannah: What part of your body would you be prepared to live without?
Yana: My heart.

Hannah: Do you have a muse?
Yana: I don’t have anyone, Hannah, I am alone in this world with my brilliance!

Quick Quiz

Oblong or rectangle? Long-tangle.

Children or Nanas? Never Children.

Quiche or Lorraine? Lorraine eating quiche.

Stone fruit or melons? Breasts.

Film or book? Who’s paying?

Roly Poly or Ring-a-Rosie? Roly Bi-Poly.

Garden or view? Something with a view is sure to be high enough to attempt to jump in front of a crowd.

Hate or indifference? Depends if I’m bleeding.

Morning or night? What are we stealing?

Is it me or you? Depends on who else is invited back to the hotel.

Read Yana’s probing interview with Hannah in Cherrie magazine