I do think it's perfectly natural and human to want to invest belief in something. It's just a facet of who we are. What do I believe in? I believe in the obvious things. The people I'm close to and my work - it's not complicated.

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

I don't do drugs. If I want a rush I just stand up when I'm not expecting it.

Women are like canoes, full of soup. At first everyone is suspicious but then everyone wants one.

I'm not drunk onstage, although I've done that a couple of times when I was younger. It's partly just the way I talk - I talk like somebody in a rocking chair. I'm your 150-year-old grandmother.

Everybody is corrupted by hotel rooms. You can't help it. It's the only place in the world where you walk in and the first think you do is steal everything before you take your coat off.

You’re not going to learn anything if you’re not prepared to go flat, so I’m very happy to go flat.