Religion is the yeast of death cakes. It is the most awful agent on a vulnerable mind. It's the refuge of alienated and lonely people. It's what people had before television. It yokes people together into an imaginary world. It is just people talking to their imaginary friends, at length. I wouldn't mind, but some of the people are world leaders.

I dont watch a whole lot of stand up. Mainly I prefer to read writers; they make me laugh the most. Something gets you when youre alone and someones voice is coming through their work. Theres a different quality to it that stays with you a bit more.

I’ve always been a big consumer of American journalism over the years and had an interest in the history of it and of the press in America; how it has changed.

Men look at breasts the way women look at babies. 'Aw, isn't that lovely?'

I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom, just as a very good programme.

Lots of comics try stuff out all year round, which is very sensible - I don't.

If you're a comic, you don't have a rehearsal room, you rehearse on stage. My main concern is remembering everything.