I haven't traditionally been a family entertainer.

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

It was impossible to sleep. Anxiety stopped me from falling asleep; depression woke me up.

Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.

Reality always outstrips fiction. Whatever you make up, something more incredible always pops up in real life.

I still enjoy my life, and I feel like I've achieved enough things that if I never did anything again, I'd feel confident that I'd still have made my mark in some way. But maybe the self-loathing bit is the element that makes you strive for more. Makes you strive to be better.

We sort of expect to see men in women's clothes. It's part of our culture. The key thing is, it has to be done quite badly.