We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really

I ask Laurie it it's possible to get trained fish. Lindsay says this is how we know I've never produced a movie.

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.

My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman.

Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what I am.

I'm an atheist. I suppose you can call me a sort of libertarian anarchist. I regard religion with fear and suspicion. It's not enough to say that I don't believe in God. I actually regard the system as distressing: I am offended by some of the things said in the Bible and the Qur'an and I refute them.

When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result.