I don't think you should have to try to be nice, I think most people are nice. I think being cheerful and nice is just a politeness.

Do I have more depth than I'm given credit for? No!

Some people think they're depressed and they go to the doctor and want pills. And you just think: 'You hate where you live, you've lost your job, your boyfriend has dumped you, could all this be why you're depressed?'

The only people who are desperate to go on the show are people we're desperate not to have on the show.

You don't want to be hard to look at. Plain very good, hard to look at bad. The plain shall inherit the earth; time is our friend.

I am camp. Lots of gay men can't cope with their campness. They are in denial about it.

My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like, 'okay, if that's what you want'. And he was a very good guest. That's a real exception to the rule.