I haven't put much effort into my personal life and blithely believe it will turn out all right in the end.

I don't have a lot to share with other men. My heart sinks when I get into a taxi and someone starts talking to me about football.

Sometimes you meet people who can't swim. And I always think: 'Oh my God, that's extraordinary.' For me, it's always been a treat I just feel really happy in the water.

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

I haven't traditionally been a family entertainer.

I know some of my parents' friends think 'Little Britain' is in incredibly poor taste. But swimming the Channel? You can't really say anything negative about that, can you? There's nothing better than making your parents happy. The glee on my father's face that day was amazing.

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.