I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
Modest about our national pride - and inordinately proud of our national modesty.
The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.
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.
No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.
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.