My father earned every penny he had, and I would have loved to have bought him a Rolls-Royce because his whole life was cars. Sadly, he didn't live to see the day when I could have done that for him, which still hurts.

They do say, the smaller the feet, the better the dancer.

Some people hate the sight of me as soon as they see me on television. They loathe the look of me, and I accept that from the days of variety. I would walk on and some people would open a newspaper and think, 'He's first on, so he can't be any good.' I accept that.

Ambition can take the place of everything - even sex.

On stage, I think I'm 35. Working takes over my whole body and I become a younger man - that's why I won't stop.

In my mind, everything is too sanitised on television - what is wrong with things going wrong?

I am not doddery... doddery I am not!