It's evolve or die, really, you have to evolve, you have to move on otherwise it just becomes stagnant.

Who needs drugs when you have Takeshi's Castle?

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.

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

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 evolve or die, really, you have to evolve, you have to move on otherwise it just becomes stagnant.

I have a stepladder. It's a very nice stepladder but it's sad that I never knew my real ladder.