Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine.
I was loved as a kid; I was raised with more love and emotional support than most folks could wish for my memories aged nought to ten are all bound up together in a mesh of innocence and fun.
You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear.
My agent once said, 'You're not very driven.' And it's true. I'm not the type to ring up and go, 'Get me this part!'
Class still matters in Britain today.
My first holiday to San Francisco in 1998-99 was supposed to be a two-week vacation but I ended up staying five weeks and nearly didn't come home.
I am a big fan of smelly cheeses but the rest of the family don't seem to be particularly keen on them.
Never try to be witty with U.S. airport officials. It's always lost on them and you'll find yourself being put back on the plane.
The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year.
I avoid any kind of organised trips as that's one of my bugbears.
Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up.
I've got too much respect for stand-ups to call myself one.
I've always said that with kids' TV that people get stuck in it from drama school but that's not fair because I know myself that when you go in creatively, kids are so much more open to ideas. You're so much freer to mess about and try things.
I think if you're at the point where you're popular enough to sell your wedding photos to OK! Magazine then you don't need the money.
I'm getting positive feedback for my acting so we'll see if any other interesting parts come up.
I've got my finger in a lot of pies.
We had a week off in the middle of shooting, but as soon as everyone stopped, we all went down with six different types of flu and other unmentionable diseases.
They look outside the windows of their apartment in town and realize they're not living in a terrace anymore. This is a room full of dreamers who like to go to London for a day.
There's lots of stuff about me being a fan of Cliff but not being gay. Which suggests that he is, but he's not. Anyway, this is Channel 4, let their lawyers sort it out.
I still give myself the right to be highly critical of others, though.
I've always been looking for other people's approval.
I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.
You don't want to be flattered and become big-headed by getting awards. But, well, I am.
You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.
Oh, I'm terrible at travel.
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