Theatre outings are my favourite thing to spend money on. The most influential play I saw was Bent, which starred Ian McKellen. And I loved the original performance of The Rocky Horror Show, with Richard OBrien and Tim Curry at the Royal Court, when I was about 15.

I have had the unfortunate experience of having someone write an unauthorised biography of me. Half of it is lies and the other half is badly written. My feeling is that if I'm going to write my life story, I ought to have my life first.

The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero.

I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am.

I know what it's like to struggle for cash. When I went to drama school, I worked as a chambermaid to make ends meet.

People need to learn to take everyone as they are.

Young people need their own private places which mothers don't belong to, even if they want mother all around the edge of that.