It's not supposed to be easy, if it's easy, it's no good, that's the way I look at it.

For me, everything has always been an accident.

The inventory process and stepping back in your life can sometimes be a very dark process. But it also can be extremely funny and surprising.

There was never any career plan. When 'Red Dwarf' started I thought we were doing a curious little sitcom on BBC2, I didn't think I was becoming an actor. I didn't see that 21 years later I'd still be talking about it, let alone filming a new one. For me everything's always been an accident.

Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch.

We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.

It's not supposed to be easy, if it's easy, it's no good, that's the way I look at it.