There's a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used to be. I think it's easier than it was but underlying it all there is still a pretty sexist view of women on stage, which to me hasn't changed that much.

People are so different in reality from the picture created of them on TV. So it's all a creation; everything is made up.

I can honestly say I've never sold any arms to a repressive foreign regime while reassuring everyone at home that the weapons will be used for nice things.

Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect.

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society.

Managers of hospitals, over the years have been increasingly recruited from outside the health service and although their experience of running a supermarket chain might allow them to balance the books, it does not mean they have any insight into how a ward should be managed and patients best served.

I don't like doing stand-up, because I don't like standing up.