I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce - my main thrust was the body and its functions and malfunctions - the absurdity of the thing.

I've been very lucky because I've always had movies to do. So if I got bored between shows a movie would turn up.

I don't understand art-speak. My pictures are big doodles. I'm amazed what people come up with when they look at them. There's one of a figure with two heads that somebody thought must be a comment on the state of matrimony. None of it is a comment on anything.

I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless.

I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.

Sex therapist claims that the most effective way to arouse your man is to spend 10 minutes licking his ears!! Personally, I think its bollocks!!

Without arts programmes there's only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.