I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly.

I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of myself as the Ross Kemp of comedy. He's very good in 'East Enders' because he plays a version of himself. I think I can play a version of myself - that's about all I can do.

I read that book Fat is a Feminist issue, got a bit desperate halfway through and ate 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.'

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

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.

Everything becomes magnified at night. Sounds travel in a different way, it's dark, and everything seems far more spooky.