There's a sort of magic and music to comedy. Some words, some numbers even, are funnier than others. A Caramac bar, for instance, is funnier than a Milky Way.

No more watching that show Small England or whatever it's called where those two idiots dress up as 'laydees'. It's a bad influence.

It's strange how sometimes you can be so happy it goes all the way round to sadness.

We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things.

I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth.

It can be difficult to be subtle and not cartoony in prosthetics. But when you see characters like Bubbles and Desiree from 'Little Britain' on screen, it makes all the hard work worth it. It's such fun watching those transformations.

I don't know what I'll be like when I'm 60. I already have the traits of a retired gentleman.