Not many women will go out on a limb to make themselves really unattractive and unfeminine so you can get the laughs, but it's a great thing to do in my book.

It's actually very hard when you're settled in one place to completely uproot yourself and go.

My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.

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

My mum and my husband are from Irish backgrounds so we have a lot of potatoes. Chips, mashed, boiled, new potatoes, I love them all. Even the slightly wanky ones like Duchess potatoes that go up in a little spiral.

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

The problem with comedy audiences - it's like the Coliseum - when they see someone struggling, they don't feel altruistic towards them. They feel slightly repulsed by it.