There's something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.

I would recommend that anyone who wants to do comedy on TV to do radio first.

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

We've got 12-year-old boys dressing up as transvestites.

Social satire has been around since people have been around.

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

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.