I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at.

I've just got crap hair. Although I inherited a lot of stuff from my dad, including giant knees, I didn't get his good, thick hair. I got my mother's thin, wispy, non-event hair instead.

I am not sure gender ever won't be an issue in comedy, because I think that women do have different priorities in some respects.

For me, being a woman suits what I want to talk about and what my audience wants to hear. Maybe I'm a dying breed.

The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather's going to be dreadful and there will be nylon sheets. You'll then be pleasantly surprised.

As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didn't know that funny women existed. It wasn't until I got back to England that I realised women could be funny.

I think my siblings sometimes have to defend me within their social circles - they are both barristers.