I've been very lucky, this is my 30th year on TV.

Who needs drugs when you have Takeshi's Castle?

Critics called me 'egregious' - I had to look that one up - and 'creepy', but now I don't read them, I weigh them.

I'm busy and that's the way I like it - when I have too much downtime I get into trouble.

British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse.

Coming from having absolutely nothing to having a few grand in the bank, it was a big culture leap. I think that's why I went off the rails a bit really, 'cause there was no training for it. They didn't do fame in schools.

I've been very lucky, this is my 30th year on TV.