Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press, knows that on the whole, there is a huge amount of inaccuracy, value judgment and the use of a crowbar to insert editorial bias that reflects the current political leaning of that particular paper.

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.

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

It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.

Having done a normal job for 10 years, as a psychiatric nurse dealing with emergencies, I know what terrible, hopeless lives some people have. So in many ways, it's great to be able to wield the financial power that I can, and do gigs, fundraisers or give money. I feel lucky I can help out.

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

My mum taught me to knit when I was a child, and I turn to it, for some weird reason, when I'm feeling depressed.