My holidays are very important. Mind you, I take a very long one every year.

Goodness, that Simon Cowell is a sensitive soul.

It's important for a dancer to wear very tight underpants. I used to feel a bit exposed if I wasn't being held up in the right place.

When I was in the business as a young performer, it was a recognised fact that when you got to 60 you were out, because there'd be a new crop of comics coming up all the time, every 10 years or so.

Not working is bad for you. It is my drug, it gives me a high; most performers will tell you that. And there is nothing like the high that an audience gives you.

When a performer doesn't get nervous, that is when you have to give up.

Just doing any kind of work - even an interview for breakfast television - makes me feel happy.