I still can't set up the ironing-board. A complete Luddite.

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.

People often ask why comedy is harder for women, and the reason is because a tampon will sometimes fall out when you're on stage. Blokes don't have that worry.

I have a very solo career. I only write with people that I really adore.

After graduating from flares and platforms in the early 1970s, I started drama school wearing a pair of khaki dungarees with one of my Dad's Army shirts, accessorised by a cat's basket doubling as a handbag. Very Lady Gaga.

The comedy I like the best is comedy I can't do, stuff that doesn't touch my arena.

Family is the one thing that is definitely not disposable.