I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.

No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.

I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.

I've seen the Pokémon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.

There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.

You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.