I'm more like a spoon symbol. I think women just want to spoon me.

I'm never overawed by a situation and I think that's because I've always looked several years older than I am. So because people were treating me like I was 40 when I was 29, I've always felt in control of a situation. People used to say, when you're 32, you'll look 32. I'm still waiting for that moment, where my age catches up with my appearance.

I never go to these showbiz parties. I avoid them with a 10-inch pole.

Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it.

Sometimes films about oppression or suppression can be quite maudlin and quite dour. Sometimes you need a little sugar with the medicine and I think of myself as the little sugar.

The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers.

I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live there.