It wasn't a conscious effort to have kids later. It was just the way life goes.

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone.

As a comic and as a nurse, it's important to look calm on the surface when you're absolutely crapping yourself inside. So, if someone is waving a machete at you, which has happened to me when I was a nurse, it's important to make that person feel that you're in control.

The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly it obviously has hilarious results when you can't sing.

I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be.

British ferries have stopped transporting live animals to the Continent. This has made it very difficult for England fans to get to Away matches.