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

I am best viewed from a distance.

As a rule, wearing a bigger pair of jeans looks better than squishing yourself into a pair of jeans that used to fit before you gave up smoking.

I think as time goes by you'll get female comics who are weirder - you'll get a female Mighty Boosh.

I have always had a need for attention but didn't plan to be a comic.

If I do go to the beach there have to be certain rules: it can't be a pebbly beach, there has to be some shade and there has to be a beach bar. I don't want to go off the beaten track.