Even when I wasn't overweight I was never one of those girls or women who wanted to look nice. I always thought it wasn't important.

I thought I was funny as a kid. I used to play tricks on my brothers - I'd tie a two-shilling piece to a bit of cotton, then pull it away as they went to grab it.

I think there's a danger that we're moving towards a state where the people we are expected to admire are almost not human anymore, and I don't like that. I prefer it when someone looks like a nice person, and you think, 'I could have a laugh with them in the pub.'

There have been some very extreme hecklers in audiences whose bile was so hateful and so meant that it would be a bit frightening to think that all I'm doing is jokes and yet someone hates me that much.

I went on the pill when I was 16, put on four stone... so that proved to be a very effective contraceptive.

I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late.

I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.