I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.

I see myself as a comic but the acting helps sell tickets for gigs.

There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.

I'm not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I'm the publishers' friend - I buy a hundred books a year and read four.

I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.

The thing I'd really like to see is the old London Bridge, with all the old buildings around it like Shakespeare's Globe. I'd like to walk along that. Don't worry, I won't get drunk and fall in.

I liked the idea of all of humanity fitting inside a sugar cube because more than 99.9% of matter is space.