I am a hip-hop artist, as you probably know. My hip-hop name is Big Smalls.

I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do.

I love doing stand-up. It's so self-contained - you go there, you do it, you go home - but with telly, there are too many people involved with it with opinions. You have a product, and everyone wants to change it.

Most of us manage the fateful things that happen in our lives the best we can, certainly not to a Stalin-like 20-year plan.

I think it's really important to be kind, especially to people whose lives are grim - I try hard to cheer people up in as many ways as I can - if all else fails - I tell 'em a joke!

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

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