It was my father who taught me to value myself.

I never do any television without chocolate. That's my motto and I live by it. Quite often I write the scripts and I make sure there are chocolate scenes. Actually I'm a bit of a chocolate tart and will eat anything. It's amazing I'm so slim.

I'm not a big drinking person and hardly ever have alcohol. Perhaps it's not sweet enough for my sweet tooth.

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

Any people whose lives are about the way they look, whether it's fat or thin, are in a dangerous area.

I have turned away from the thought of writing fiction in the past through what I suppose is, actually, fear. The direct, raw invitation for the reader to come in and explore my imagination is fairly scary for me so I have busied myself with so much else.

I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.