Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.

I have had issues with depression all my life, and it's probably true to say there was a tendency towards it even when I was very young, during my schooldays. There was often - and this is quite common with comics - a sense of not feeling as if I belonged anywhere.

I tend not to trust people who live in very tidy houses. I know that on the surface there is nothing wrong with a person being well-ordered and disciplined. Nothing, except that it leaves the impression of that person having lived in the confines of a stark institution which, although he or she has long since left, remains within.

I really hated fighting people and hurting them, but felt unable to stop.

Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.

I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.

In my local newspaper, they had this advert: 'please look after your neighbours in the cold weather'. I live next door to this 84-year-old woman, and do you know, not once has she come round to see if I'm all right. The lazy cow hasn't even taken her milk in for a fortnight.