I'm known among my friends for saying things I probably shouldn't sometimes, but I have to get things out in the air.

I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am.

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

You have to let kids live their own lives and make their mistakes, but it is difficult now because there are so many things in their lives which weren't in mine - I never had Facebook. And some of the things I see now I'm appalled by. So I'm as nosey about my daughter's life as I can be. I tell her, 'I'm all over you, whether you like it or not.'

Evolving into a middle-aged person is quite interesting if we can understand what it means. I would like to think it meant being a bit sure of what I want.

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.

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