Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.

As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death.

The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying off.

Most of my friends are women - I quite fancied being a woman in a way.

My name is Alexei Yuri Gagarin Siege of Stalingrad Glorious Five Year Plan Sputnik Tractor Moscow Dynamo Back Four Balowski. Me Dad was a bit of a Communist, know what I mean?

Honestly, sometimes I get really fed up of my subconscious - it's like it's got a mind of its own.

Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, may have had his charms, but he really couldn't be considered hip.