You should never meet your heroes. Paul Newman... I was so excited about meeting him, but he turned up in shell suit bottoms, slippers, and a jumper. He was just so worn out and old, he wanted to go home.

I think over there in Montreal they're a bit hardcore with the old homos. They're not that keen on them.

If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first minute. That first minute is crucial.

I didn't really want to be a comedian.

I was quite pleased that Prince Philip didn't say anything like, I hate queers! He was quite well behaved.

The whole business of smoking is like forcing yourself to wear tight shoes just to get the pleasure of taking them off.

I still get excited about meeting celebrities, because I don't think I'm a celebrity myself.